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Ginger Rye Sanders, a nominee for city council 2021, casts her vote on April 6, 2021 at the Eurma Hayes Community Center in Carbondale, Ill. "If we don’t realize today that there is power in voting, with all of the voter suppression against people of color, if you don’t know now that it is important then you will never know," Rye-Sanders said.

Carbondale Consolidated Election results are in

By News Desk, Staff Reports
April 6, 2021
Congressman Glenn Poshard speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally at the Eurma Hayes Community Center in Carbondale, Ill. April 3, 2021. The rally was held to help raise awareness for the upcoming general election in Carbondale and to encourage people from a low voter turnout area to get to the polls on Tuesday. "It may be a smaller election than a presidential election," Poshard said. "But it's still important!"

Women for Change seek to Get Out the Vote

By Nicolas Galindo, Managing Editor
April 5, 2021
Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speak after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on Sept. 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

Opinion- Kamala Harris: The truth behind identity politics

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
November 30, 2020
A voter approaches the Jackson County Court House on Election Day 2020 in Murphysboro, IL, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Election results 2020: Joe Biden wins Wisconsin, where President Donald Trump has asked for a recount

By Melissa Hanson, masslive.com
November 4, 2020
Poll workers Phyllis Wallace (left) and Nancy Faeger (right) work diligently to remedy issues pertaining to voting machines for non-registered voters Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Carbondale, Ill. As the polls opened at the Carbondale Civic Center, poll workers were alarmed when the machines displayed election material and code from the last presidential election. Having originally been held at SIU the machines had to be reset in order to be properly used for voters, causing a delay of over an hour. Voters were urged to come back at a later time or to stand and wait, resulting in several voters leaving in frustration.

Beyond the ballot: Carbondale poll workers discuss their role on Election Day

By Janae Mosby and Elizabeth Hamilton
November 4, 2020
Polling stations across Illinois continue to keep their doors open for the Presidential Primary Election despite the growing concerns of the spread of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020 at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, IL.

When can Illinois expect election results? For some races, it could be weeks.

By Kelsey Landis, Belleville News-Democrat
November 3, 2020
Voters wait outside the Martin Luther King Park in Columbia, South Carolina on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

High early turnout of voters eases tech and security worries on Election Day

By Gopal Ratnam, CQ-Roll Call
November 3, 2020
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Gus Bode’s guide to voting rights in Illinois

By Gus Bode, Staff Reporter
November 2, 2020
Local polling stations across hold voting for the Presidential Primary Election on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020 in Waverly, IL.

Looking ahead: Here’s how you can vote

By Amber Koteras, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2020
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.

An evening of insults and accusations as Trump repeatedly interrupts the debate

By Evan Halper, Eli Stokols, and Brittny Mejia
September 30, 2020
“If you don't participate you have no impact at all:” Politically active community members discuss the 2020 presidential election

“If you don’t participate you have no impact at all:” Politically active community members discuss the 2020 presidential election

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
September 16, 2020
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza talks with the Daily Egyptian Editorial Board on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 inside the Communications building.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza discusses women’s rights in politics with the DE

By Bethany Rentfro, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
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