This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of...
Nov 02, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
‘Passing the baton’: Civil Rights era elders are helping protestors channel activism into voting for change
Washington state Latinos are pushing for ranked choice voting to boost equity
Evangelina “Bengie” Aguilar, 59, spent her childhood as a migrant farmworker. She was born in Arizona, but work...
Nov 02, 2020
Scientists said to buy cheaper, safer voter machines. South Carolina spent $51 million on these instead
COLUMBIA, S.C. – It’s difficult to talk for long about voting technology and election security in South Carolina...
Nov 01, 2020
A Michigan standoff: Gun rights vs. voting rights
DETROIT — The political battleground of Michigan has drawn President Trump and former Vice President Biden to the...
Oct 30, 2020
Millions of US voters may miss the historic 2020 election because their English isn’t good enough
READING, Pa. – More than 8 million U.S. voting-age citizens don’t speak English well enough to vote. That’s...
Oct 30, 2020
A year unlike any other for the Black American electorate
It will be hard for history books to encompass the months leading up to the 2020 election. The...
Oct 30, 2020
Across the country, Muslims are fighting voter suppression and intimidation
A Muslim activist in Lackawanna, New York, said she suspected her vote had not been counted after she...
Oct 28, 2020
In San Diego, Black Muslims are working to expand voting access in jails
Most inmates in California jails are eligible to vote. But former inmate Christopher Jackson says few of them...
Oct 14, 2020
Illinois advocates work to ensure ballot access for jail voters during pandemic
Joyce Harris voted for the first time when she landed in Chicago’s Cook County Jail on a drug...
Oct 13, 2020
‘Mail voting doesn’t work for Navajo Nation’: Native Americans face steep election hurdles
Tamisha Jensen requested a mail ballot in mid-September. Mail ballots don’t ship in Arizona until Oct. 7, but she’s...
Oct 09, 2020