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It’s not Election Day; it’s voting season and you have some decisions to make about how to cast your vote.  Start making plans now on whether you’ll vote by mail, in person at an early voting center or in person on Election Day, officials say.  The coronavirus pandemic, warnings about the capacity of the U.S. Postal Service, and a...

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cast her ballot aboard the International Space Station, 253 miles above Earth. Rubins just began a six month stay aboard the ISS.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the reasons behind the long lines amid calls to do something to change the problem.

Former President Barack Obama held his first rally for Joe Biden Wednesday in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump spent the day before the final presidential debate campaigning in North Carolina.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the U.S. government has confirmed Iran and Russia had obtained voter registration information. “We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters,” said Ratcliffe. “Know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure.”

The North Carolina woman says her faith discouraged her from sitting out this election.

If you’re tired of the negativity and hate in U.S. politics, then the latest campaign ad from the Democratic and Republican candidates for Utah’s next governor will feel like a breath of fresh air.

Bolivians are settling in for a tense, and possibly long, vote count as results trickle in from Sunday’s high-stakes presidential election meant to put an end to political turmoil following last year’s annulled ballot that resulted in leftist President Evo Morales’ resignation

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a second term in office in an election landslide of historic proportions

During his first campaign rally since testing positive for COVID-19, President Donald Trump claimed he was now immune to the virus. “The nice part, I went through it. Now they say I’m immune,” he told supporters in Orlando, Fla. “I feel so powerful. I’ll walk into that audience. I’ll walk in there. I’ll kiss everyone in that...

The DC Attorney General said he has a team of attorneys ready to fight voter suppression as President Trump threatens to send law enforcement to monitor the election process. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports

The D.C. Attorney General is alerting the city’s residents about unauthorized poll monitoring and voter intimidation this election season.  In an interview with News4, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said President Donald Trump and his administration are trying to undermine trust in the election process by claiming that mail-in balloting will lead to massive fraud. Racine addressed threats from...

The Commission on Presidential Debates has canceled the presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami, citing the campaigns making other plans.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden responded to President Donald Trump’s comments that getting COVID-19 was a “blessing in disguise.”

County officials say they are taking necessary steps to keep voting machines safe. Aimee Cho reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on hundreds of voters who are turning in their mail-in ballots and voting in person instead.

Mabel Hairston has words for anyone thinking about sitting out this election. “You’re just missing the privilege. You just need to get out and vote,” she says. “That’s the thing to do.” And Hairston would know. She’s 97 years old, and has voted in nearly every election since 1944 when she turned 21. She only missed one in the 1950s…

At 97 years old, one Virginia woman has voted in every election since 1944 except for one. She tells News4’s Pat Collins her story, and opens up about why she’s so adamant about getting to the polls.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and his Republican opponent, Daniel Gade, faced off in a debate sponsored by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, NBC4 and Telemundo 44 on Wednesday. Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, police reform and ballot security revealed some sharp differences between the two...

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Republican opponent Daniel Gade deliver their opening statements.