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All polling places are required to have at least one accessible voting machine for federal elections, but as communities across New Hampshire age, reliance on what's known as "One4All" technology is expected to grow. The number of people age 65 and older in New Hampshire is forecast to double in the next two decades, meaning large numbers of likely voters with vision challenges will need accessible voting technology. Randy Pierce, president and chief executive of Future In Sight, formerly the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, said state officials are equired to offer...

Elections officials in Michigan and other states are on the lookout for organized disruptions of Tuesday's midterm elections, but say they're prepared to deal with whatever happens. Reports from the Associated Press and other media outlets say Republican operatives pushing false claims about the 2020 election have recruited thousands of sympathetic poll workers. Michigan's secretary of state has warned local officials that hundreds of poll workers may be preparing to try to intimidate voters, both inside and outside of polling places. ...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks about his student loan debt-relief program at a stop in New Mexico Thursday, while campaigning for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Speaking at Albuquerque's Central New Mexico Community College, Biden said 26 million people already have applied for student debt relief. ...

By Tim Marema and Sarah Melotte for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Wisconsin News Service for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration With two weeks to go before the midterm elections, rural voters are worried about the present, pessimistic about the future, and prepared to vote the way they have in the past, according to the Daily Yonder Rural Poll. The poll, commissioned by the Daily Yonder's publishing organization, the Center for Rural Strategies, found that rural voters in battleground states hold very dim views about the economy. Three quarters (73%) th...

Across the U-S, a record number of Latinos voted in the 2020 election. In Minnesota, grassroots efforts have ramped up to avoid any participation drop-off for this fall's midterm election. Two years ago, the group Communities Organizing Latino Power and Action connected with more than 100,000 people by phone around the state as staff encouraged Latinos to make their voices heard at the ballot box. ...