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If a signature on a ballot doesn’t perfectly match the signature on the state’s voter roll – should that mail ballot count? And do elections offices even have experts qualified to determine if a signature is mismatched?

More than 100,000 legit voters likely had their legit ballots rejected this fall for messy signatures – and some states are pushing to increase those numbers next election. So NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains why it’s so important we push our elected officials to carefully balance voter protections with voter fraud protections.

Women were a key factor in Joe Biden’s presidential victory; if only men had voted, Donald Trump would have won instead

The 2020 presidential election has officially hit the highest turnout in more than 50 years

Two men were arrested Friday in Philadelphia after police received a tip from the FBI that they were making threats against the Philadelphia Convention Center, where votes are being counted.

NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville gives you a view from above as two groups face off outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

A Clark County, Nev., elections official refuted claims from the Trump campaign that there were irregularities in the vote count. The Clark County official also said they expect to have most mail-in ballots counted by Saturday or Sunday.

In what has come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts circulated Wednesday claiming election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County provided voters with Sharpie pens that canceled out votes, specifically those for President Donald Trump

Georgia Voting System Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling provides an update on the remaining votes to be counted in Georgia.

The protests came as the president insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting, especially with mail-in votes, and as Republicans filed suit in various states over the election.

The waning hours of Election Day brought little immediate closure to the campaign season in Pennsylvania but produced a quick succession of legal action.

Election Day is over, you’ve cast your ballot… what happens now? Turns out that it’s still a long and winding road to Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Using something we can all understand — our favorite food delivery apps — NBCLX’s Eric Rodriguez walks us through what happens between you casting your ballot and a president getting sworn in for...

NBC10’s Pamela Osborne reports on the undecided presidential race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Pennsylvania is among the states still counting votes that could decide the election. Trump says he believes he won, while Biden called on all votes to be counted.

There’s a fair chance Americans won’t know the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election while it’s still Tuesday — or maybe even Wednesday. The main reason? Many states have made it easier to request a mail ballot amid the coronavirus pandemic and concerns about crowded polling places. But mail ballots generally require more time to process than ballots that are...

The battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan that may ultimately determine the 2020 Presidential Election have been deemed too early or too close to call by NBC News.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is reaching record highs in several U.S. states, as Americans vote for their next president under the shadow of a resurging pandemic

Voters in the U.S. are marking the end of a fraught U.S. election season at the polls. They’re casting the last of what will likely be a record-setting number of ballots. At least 101.9 million people voted early, meaning turnout is expected to reach record levels despite a global pandemic that has upended long-established election procedures and triggered hundreds of...

Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, said that he voted for Democrat Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, making him the first Republican governor in the nation to acknowledge voting for the Democratic presidential candidate. “As many of you knew, I didn’t support President Trump. I wasn’t going to vote for him,” said Scott, who has never backed a Democrat...

Voters in upstate New York continued a tradition of placing their “I voted” stickers on the headstone of suffragist Susan B. Anthony. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.

Learn more about how to register, when to vote, where to vote and more in this guide to the 2020 general election that features President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden amid the COVID-19 pandemic.