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Absentee Ballot

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How do you register and vote in the midterms?

  • Oct 31, 2022

Why it's taking so long to count ballots in Nevada

  • Nov 6, 2020
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What's the election hold up? Why counting ballots is taking so long

  • Nov 5, 2020

When will we know the winner of the presidential election?

  • Nov 4, 2020

USPS failed to complete 'sweeps' for ballots by deadline

  • Nov 4, 2020

What you need to know before heading to the polls in Texas

  • Nov 3, 2020

More than 9 million Texans have cast ballots so far

  • Oct 30, 2020

Harris Co. offers overnight early voting option this week

  • Oct 25, 2020

Latest Videos

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Election officials worried by threats and protesters

  • Nov 6, 2020
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Election officials worried by threats and protesters

  • Nov 6, 2020
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What you need to know before heading to the polls in Texas

  • Nov 3, 2020
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Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo reacts to Gov. Abbott's ballot drop off order

  • Oct 2, 2020
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Republican political analyst weighs in on Gov. Abbott's ballot drop off order

  • Oct 2, 2020
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Texas AG appeals latest decision on Harris Co. mail-in ballots

  • Sep 12, 2020

Latest Stories

Order allowing Texas counties to have multiple mail-in ballot drop-off sites is upheld, but appeal will likely halt openings

A state appeals court overturned Gov. Greg Abbott's previous one drop-off site per county order, but it remains to be seen how fast this new ruling is executed.

  • Oct 24, 2020

Drive-thru voting locations in Harris Co. see greater numbers than in-person voting

"I went through the drive-thru, total in-and-out (was) 15 minutes," a Houston voter said.

  • Oct 17, 2020
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More than 7 million general election ballots cast so far

Ballot requests in 38 states, whether by mail or through some form of in-person early voting, surpassed 35 million this week.

  • Oct 11, 2020

9 discarded ballots weren't fraud, Pennsylvania election chief says

It appears that an election worker's decision to throw out nine military ballots in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, amounted to a mistake and not "intentional fraud."

  • Sep 30, 2020
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Federal appeals court temporarily blocks ruling that reinstated straight-ticket voting in Texas

Texas voters are uncertain if they'll have the option come the Nov. 3 election to vote for every candidate of a political party with one punch.

  • Sep 29, 2020