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While you may be used to seeing him save the world as Ant-Man, Paul Rudd embodied a different kind of superhero on Thursday — one who encourages people to do their civic duty.

Federal immigration officials acknowledged Thursday that they erroneously told some new U.S. citizens in Massachusetts that they could not vote in next week’s election because they had missed the state’s voter registration deadline.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder clears up the confusion over the Virginia elections website and the deadline for ordering an absentee ballot.

In many states across the country, people with felony convictions are prohibited from voting, or only allowed to vote under certain conditions, even after they’ve served their sentence. Jay Jordan, who served time in prison as a young man and is currently the Director for Californians for Safety and Justice, explains how limiting their rights hurts more than just former...

In the best of times, it’s a massive logistical challenge to get millions out to vote.

Fairfax County’s top prosecutor has a warning — and words of reassurance — about voter intimidation during election season.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on efforts in Fairfax County to address concerns about voter intimidation.

Volunteers are sending letters and postcards as well as helping at polling places. Chris Gordon reports.

A man who refused to wear a face mask at an early voting site in Maryland was arrested Tuesday and faces misdemeanor charges, officials say.  Daniel Swain, 52, was charged with trespassing and failure to comply with a health emergency after an incident in Jarrettsville, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  Harford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the...

Days before the 2020 election, politicians are campaigning hard but floods of people have already submitted their ballots across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. More than 20,000 D.C. residents voted in-person on Tuesday, the first day that polls opened for early voting. That means about 30% of all registered voters in the District have now cast their ballots. In Maryland, another…

An NBCLX analysis of early voting reports through Oct. 27 indicates only 13% of voting-age Americans under the age of 30 have cast ballots so far, and only 19% of those between the ages of 30 and 39. Comparatively, approximately 47% of all Americans 65 and older have cast ballots with a full week of voting left to go.

Local election officials in Virginia say the state’s website could be giving voters the false impression that they can still apply for a mail-in ballot to vote on Nov. 3

We’re just six days from Election Day and NBCLX storyteller Noah Pransky has the latest details on voter turnout and polling in the key swing states. And while youth voter turnout is up, Gen Z and Millennial voters are still trailing older generations by a wide margin.

Americans are worried about the Nov. 3 election, an anxiety many haven’t carried during years of largely peaceful displays of democracy.

Sixty percent of voters — nearly 70 million people — are projected to vote by mail nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic, NBC News reports. Those who study absentee rejection rates estimate that 1 percent to 2 percent of those votes — potentially more than 1 million — won’t count, which could make a difference in battleground states.

Fairfax County early voting centers will be open two extra hours this Thursday and Friday to accommodate more people in response to long lines at the polls. A spokesperson for the Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs said 13 early voting sites will open at 11 a.m. instead of 1 p.m. The hours at the Fairfax County Government Center remain…

Maryland did its part Monday to keep up the record-smashing early voting pace that we’ve seen in Virginia and across the country. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

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...

Maryland voters lined up on Monday for a busy, record-breaking first day of in-person early voting in the state. The first early voters began lining up before dawn outside the Silver Spring Civic Center and elsewhere. This is a “pivotal election” and it’s important to recognize “the massive level of sacrifices that have been made by African Americans for...

Maryland voters lined up on Monday for a busy, record-breaking first day of in-person early voting in the state.