election
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Top Republican and Democratic lawyers squabbled over the details of Civil War “field voting,” when ballots were collected from Union soldiers and transported back home after the election.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
After a week of counting ballots from the 2 June primary race, the British-born candidate secured his slot to move ahead in the election, edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, a Democrat.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
However, that number has increased dramatically since, thanks in part to an expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly 89% of ballots were cast by mail in last year’s special election.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In recent years, politicians as well as election officials across the United States have reported escalating threats, intimidation and harassment.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Allwright, the Supreme Court ended the use of the all-white primary election; and in 1946, the Court ruled that state laws requiring segregation on interstate buses were unconstitutional.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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