Elections

The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than a dozen states.

Smartmatic is suing cable network Newsmax over on-air statements implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results, and that its software was used to switch votes.

State and local election officials told the the head of the U.S. Postal Service in a letter Wednesday that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.

Dates have been floated for three presidential and two vice presidential debates ahead of the 2024 election. Here’s what you need to know.

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election amid unfounded conspiracy theories, has been found guilty by a jury on most of the charges she faced.

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign Jenna Ellis will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case.

Election officials are recounting votes in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. It will settle whether John McGuire, a state senator backed by former President Donald Trump, narrowly defeated the incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Good.

This rare process occurs when there is no pre-determined nominee for a political party.

Philadelphia city leaders gathered in the wake of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump to condemn political violence and promote peace and unity. They assured residents that they will make sure everyone can vote safely and securely come November. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has more on what they had to say.

Boebert beat a group of homegrown primary candidates who had far less name recognition and generally less combative political styles.

A Nevada judge in Las Vegas has dismissed a criminal indictment against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the first presidential debate hosted by CNN next week.

The nearly 1,000-page handbook led by the Heritage Foundation seeks to restructure government with conservative policy recommendations if a Republican president retakes the White House.

Extreme heat in Arizona sent nearly a dozen people to the hospital as they waited to enter a campaign rally with former president Donald Trump on Thursday.

A ghost from recent election cycles — controversies over certification of results — is beginning to re-emerge as the nation heads closer to the fall presidential contest.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is advancing legislation long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state. The bill passed on party lines Wednesday, 102-99, as Democrats backed it and Republicans opposed it, warning that it would open the door to fraud. Under the bill, county election workers could start...

The Brennan Center survey also found 62% of local election officials are concerned about political leaders’ attempting to interfere with how they do their jobs.

People in Pennsylvania are making their voices heard in Tuesday’s primary election by voting in person or by mailing in their ballots in a dropbox. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors reports.

Research provided to NBC News shows turnover in local election offices has been increasing for years, suggesting the issue goes beyond post-2020 threats.

Election Day has been held on Tuesdays since the mid 1800’s. Here’s why…