Elections

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are reliably blue states – so voters in our area are sending cash and letters out of states to swing some battleground states to Democratic candidates. Chris Glorioso reports.

When you hit the polls for election day, hundreds of volunteers will be out to help stop voter suppression and make sure your vote counts. Rana Novini reports.

With less than two weeks left until Election Day, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that more than 2 million voters New Jersey have already cast their mail-in ballots for this year’s elections — a number equivalent to 55% of the voter turnout in 2016. “With still 12 days to go until the Nov. 3 election day, we are already…

With early voting in New York set to begin in a matter of days, the NYPD is working overtime to protect the right to vote for all New Yorkers and to prepare to keep the peace amid this highly polarizing election. News Four’s Chief Investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst has the latest

Pot is on the ballot in New Jersey this election season. John Chandler reports.

Rep. Lee Zeldin is facing a tough fight for re-election this year, with a challenge from chemistry professor Nancy Goroff. Andrew Siff reports.

Tuesday marks the last day New Jersey voters can register to cast a ballot in this year’s election. The COVID-19 outbreak has upended the presidential election in New Jersey. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy ordered a nearly all-mail election, with registered voters automatically getting a ballot in the mail. Voters can return the ballot in the mail, drop it in...

In a quiet Long Island neighborhood, Tracy Ali says she didn’t think twice about putting up a yard sign. She wanted to express her political support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, but two weeks after she put up the campaign sign, she says someone stole it from her yard in Melville. “I had a little display with pumpkins...

NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

New Jersey Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy clashed over the federal government’s handling of COVID-19 during a televised debate in their race for 2nd District House seat

New Yorkers have until Friday to register, the deadline in New Jersey is Tuesday. In Connecticut, the deadline is based on whether you register online or in person. News 4’s Linda Baquero reports.

Innovative projects are underway to combat the effects of poverty, COVID-19 and apathy and get out the vote. The I-Team’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world, on Wednesday broke with a nearly two-century tradition of avoiding politics to lambast U.S. politicians for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, reports NBC News.

Lynda Baquero reports.

Hackers working for Russia, China and Iran have recently escalated their attacks around the U.S. presidential race as Election Day looms, Microsoft says.

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The service has already been on a collision course with Trump over the president’s opposition to mail-in or absentee ballots.

The president of Puerto Rico’s elections commission will be resigning immediately, nearly a month after a chaotic and unfinished primary forced a second round of voting in an unprecedented event for the U.S. territory, NBC News reports.

President Donald Trump’s campaign has sued New Jersey over Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing vote-by-mail for the November elections. Erica Byfield reports.

The effort to register Florida’s newly eligible felons to vote is being stymied by the coronavirus pandemic and a disputed requirement that felons pay a series of costs