voter registration

Boston residents who fail to register by Wednesday will be unable to vote in next month’s preliminary mayoral election, as bills authorizing people to register and vote on election day remain under legislative review. Massachusetts lawmakers and voting rights activists for years have urged adoption of a so-called same-day registration bill, and while the idea has gained traction in...

A surge of absentee ballots during last year’s election led to concerns that a larger percentage of mailed ballots could be rejected for arriving past the deadline, not having a voter’s signature or some other reason

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote

A mistake made by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could keep some newly sworn in citizens from voting this year.

For Massachusetts residents who wanted to vote in Election 2020, Saturday marked the last day to register. Mail-in registrations had to be postmarked by Oct. 24 and online registration had to be completed by 11:59 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24, is the last day to register to vote in Massachusetts. Today, you can register online up until 11:59 p.m.. or in person up until 8 p.m. Mail-in registrations must be postmarked by Saturday.

Early voting is well underway at polling locations in Massachusetts, with record numbers of people casting their ballots so far. But if you intend to vote on Nov. 3 and you’re not yet registered, you have less than 24 hours to do so. Saturday is the deadline. You can register to vote by going to the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s...

Today is the final day to register to vote in the upcoming election in Massachusetts.

The Republican Party has cut into Democrats’ advantage in voter registration tallies across some critical presidential battleground states, a fact they point to as evidence of steady — and overlooked — enthusiasm for President Donald Trump and his party.

The website on which Virginia residents can register to vote was down for several hours Tuesday, the final day to register in the commonwealth. That site, Virginia’s Citizen Portal, went down due to a cut fiber Tuesday morning, the Department of Elections said. The agency that works on cybersecurity for the commonwealth said on Twitter that a fiber cut...

Voter registrations fell sharply amid the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, but shot up in June amid nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, according to a new analysis.

Doctors, hospitals and medical students are ramping up efforts to register voters as part of a nationwide campaign this month

Thousands of doctors are joining an effort to get their patients registered to vote across the nation in a program started by a Massachusetts physician. “There is a demographic overlap of folks in this country who are not registered to vote and folks who struggle with accessing health care,” Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Room Dr. Alister Martin said. That demographic…

School districts must submit summaries of their preliminary reopening plans to the state Friday as Massachusetts figures out how to get students back in the classroom amid the pandemic.

Massachusetts General Hospital’s Dr. Alister Martin started VotER, a program that allows doctors to help their patients easily register to vote, after studies found a direct correlation between voting and good health.

Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans in New Hampshire, though even more remain undeclared, or independent. The latest figures from the secretary of state’s office show that as of Feb. 11, the date of the presidential primary, Democrats made up 32% of registered voters and Republicans 30%, while undeclared voters were the largest voting bloc at 38%. Republicans have generally outnumbered…