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Whether it’s on Tik Tok, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube or Facebook, political content is all the rage right now on social media, but is it encouraging young people to vote or scaring them away?

Election Day is Nov. 3, but there are some important dates coming up on the election calendar in the weeks before that first Tuesday in November. Here’s a list of important dates coming up in October.

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.

Here’s how you can drop off your ballot, and more about early voting sites. As seen on NBCLA Oct. 6, 2020.

NBC Bay Area wants to make sure a simple mistake doesn’t leave your ballot uncounted. We invite you to bookmark this article in your favorite web browser, so you can review it when you’re ready to make your election choices.

For more information on where you can find your closest voting center or drop-box, click on our Decision 2020 section. Darsha Philips reports for NBC LA at 9 p.m. Sunday Oct. 4, 2020.

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

Is there a ballot measure you are passionate about? Is police reform in your community a pressing issue? Is something flying under the radar you are hoping gets more attention this fall?  We know each community has different priorities and each community may be looking for a different solution to the problems at hand.   Tell us how you’re feeling...

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.

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

Puerto Ricans demanded answers Monday after botched primaries forced officials to reschedule voting at centers lacking ballots, an unprecedented decision being called a blow to the U.S. territory’s democracy. The island’s elections commission remained silent as anger and embarrassment spread across Puerto Rico one day after hundreds of voters were turned away from shuttered centers that for unknown reasons...

There’s a lot of talk right now about how we get our vote to the ballot box. Is in-person or mail-in voting safer? Are dead people voting? And why don’t we vote online? Here’s what you need to know about how we vote, explained with some of our favorite old-school video games.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections by one year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city

A new law will allow every registered voter in California to receive a mail-in ballot. Lolita Lopez reported on NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

Businesswoman Lauren Boebert has upset five-term Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in the Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional District

Some Republicans claim that voting by mail increases fraud, but the evidence just doesn’t support those claims. So what’s the disconnect?

Kentucky and New York held primaries on Tuesday, but the results of the closest races won’t be known for another week

A young media executive has beaten back a field of Democratic primary opponents to win a spot taking on Republican Sen. David Perdue in November

With an easy win in his Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is now preparing to confront Democrat Jaime Harrison