Postcards to Voters Are 'Resistance for Introverts'
It’s the day before the New York state primaries, and if you’re a registered Democrat, you might find something a little different in your mailbox. Not those glossy, full-color filers from the...
View ArticleCalling All Poll Workers: City's Board of Elections Still Staffing Up for...
The midterm elections are 15 days away and the New York City Board of Elections is still recruiting workers to staff the polls on Nov. 6. The Board of Elections is staffing up with around 34,000...
View ArticleSome Absentee Ballots Don't Fit in Envelopes, Board of Elections Says
New Yorkers who head to the polls on Nov. 6 will get a two-page, double-sided ballot. It's the first time there's been multiple-page ballots since New York switched to a paper system in 2010. But in a...
View ArticleNearly 200,000 Voters Have New Polling Sites Compared to Last Year
Nearly 200,000 voters at 89 polling places across the city have been assigned to new locations since the general election last year, according to the city Board of Elections and a WNYC analysis of...
View ArticleVolunteer Canvassers Get Celebrity Sendoff from Hamilton Creator Lin Manuel...
Broadway sensation Lin-Manuel Miranda is getting behind efforts to to flip the House blue.Droves of progressive New York City residents headed to swing districts in the area over the weekend to canvass...
View ArticleJournalists Should be in 'Emergency' Mode
For Jay Rosen, media critic and author of PressThink, Joe Biden and Donald Trump's dueling town halls this week summed up a problem news organizations have failed to address since the 2016 election:...
View ArticleThe Harm of Spanish-Language Disinformation 2021-12-09
The Harm of Spanish-Language Disinformation In 2020, Latinx voters registered and voted in record numbers, now making them the second largest voting bloc in the U.S. Many of these voters are being...
View ArticleThe Past, Present and Future Of The Biden Administration
This week marks a year since president Joe Biden has been sworn in as our country’s 46th president. You're not alone if you feel like it happened more than 365 days ago. We saw more people getting...
View ArticleRepublicans in New York City
New York, NY —Republicans in New York City are used to being outnumbered. They make up only 13 percent of the city's registered voters. And even with the arrival of next week's Republican Convention...
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