Local residents wait in line to receive their ballots before casting their vote, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
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What’s it like for an election law scholar to work at a polling place on Election Day? A law school professor sees how election laws work – or keep election workers guessing – at the ground level.
Arizona election officials released this image as one example of armed people watching ballot drop boxes.
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All 50 states have laws that ban potentially intimidating behavior at polling places. They will need enforcement during the 2022 midterm elections.
Voters line up at a polling station in Houston to cast their ballots during the Texas presidential primary on March 3, 2020.
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A 2014 US Presidential Commission set a guideline that voters should not have to wait more than 30 minutes to cast their ballots. In some voting districts, it’s taking longer than an hour.
A GOP plan means that voters may be challenged on their right to vote.
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Voters across the nation should prepare for similar circumstances in their communities – but there is still time for them to demand better from their officials.
Voters in Lexington, Kentucky, waited more than 90 minutes to vote on June 23.
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