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Turnout among young voters in this week’s election was the second highest for a midterm in 30 years, data shows. According to day-after estimates from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE, at Tufts University, 27% of people ages 18-29 turned out to vote in the 2022 midterm election, behind only the historic 31%…

Votes from young people in Massachusetts were especially well-represented this year.

Few major voting problems have been reported around the country, though there were hiccups typical of most Election Days. This election could have a profound impact on Biden’s next two years.

Polling locations in eight Massachusetts communities are being monitored by the Justice Department as part of a larger national effort to ensure no one intimidates voters or otherwise meddles with Tuesday’s midterm elections, the agency said on the eve of Election Day. Massachusetts is one of 24 states and 64 jurisdictions under the oversight of the department’s Civil Rights Division…

Planning to vote by mail? Massachusetts election officials are reminding voters to get those mail-in ballots in by end of the day today so they arrive by Election Day. The United States Postal Service recommends voters allow for seven-day delivery by mail. If you do not get it mailed on time, you can use a ballot drop box. Mail-in ballots…

In most states, you can drop off a ballot for someone else — but there might be restrictions.

The New Hampshire Democratic Party has been ordered to cease and desist sending erroneous mailers to state residents urging them to sign up for absentee voting, which prosecutors said are “causing voter confusion and frustration.” The announcement from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office Friday comes about seven weeks before the general election, with the state’s U.S. Senate race...

As climate change continues to impact the planet and communities we live in, one thing you can do to take action is more simple than you think. LX News Climate storyteller Chase Cain spoke to the former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday to discuss steps and actions people can take to help with climate change. Gore’s advice: go...

September is National Voter Registration Month. With the midterm elections in just less than 50 days, it’s important to make sure you are registered and prepared to vote in November. LX News Political Editor Noah Pransky joins to discuss the importance of voting in the upcoming election.

Primary ballots were locked inside a vault for hours, causing the polls to remain open late.

If needed, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin will seek a court order allowing polls to stay open later than 8 p.m. in Barnstable, a news release from his office said.

A Cape Cod town clerk had to print emergency paper ballots for the Massachusetts primary elections Tuesday after a mechanical issue with a vault locked election ballots away for hours in the morning. The Barnstable town’s clerk office unsuccessfully tried to open the vault that holds the election ballots at around 4:15 a.m. ahead of polls opening at 7...

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is forecasting that about 850,000 ballots will be cast in this year’s Democratic primary contests and more than 300,000 votes will be registered in the GOP contests. Galvin offered his predictions Thursday morning, a day before the pre-primary early voting period is set to end. The state’s top election official said voters not aligned…

MIAMI, Florida – Despite recent deals on climate investment, tax reforms, and gun safety laws, about one in three young adults say President Biden has not met their expectations on a series of key qualities, according to new polling conducted by YouGov America, on behalf of LX News. Fewer than one in five adults under 30 said the president had…

Latinos are the largest minority in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean they’re feeling the love from the two major political parties, according to a recent poll. Joining LX News is Clarissa Martínez-de-Castro from UnidosUS, one of the organizations that released the poll.

With headlines about abortion, mass shootings, the climate crisis, and economic woes virtually inescapable, Gen Z and young Millennials are more engaged with politics than their parents’ or grandparents’ generations ever were at their age. But a number of new indicators, related to political frustrations and disengagement from the system suggest many of those young, politically-engaged Americans still may not…

Primary season has been in full swing nationwide, but Massachusetts residents still have two months to go before heading to the polls. The governor’s race has been one of the most interesting in the Bay State this far. Republican Charlie Baker isn’t in it — he’s serving out the remainder of his second term before leaving office without running...

Next term, the Supreme Court could rule on Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina case that could change the balance of power between a state’s legislature and its courts. That could have profound effects on elections and a state court’s ability to check the power of a state legislature, and limit the court’s influence on procedures like redistricting and voting...

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that the wording of a ballot question for a proposed “millionaire tax” constitutional amendment is legal and the measure can go before voters in November. The amendment would impose a 4% surtax on the portion of an individual’s annual income that exceeds $1 million. It had been challenged by a business group and…

Politicians often overlook young adults, but 18- to 25-year-olds are flexing political muscle in ways they can no longer ignore.