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Ex-Felons Register To Vote Under Florida's New Law

Lesson Plan October 19 2022

Lesson plan: What is felony disenfranchisement?

Discuss ways people convicted of crimes are punished beyond prison as part of our Searching for Justice series of lessons.

2020 U.S. presidential election in Wisconsin

Daily News Lesson October 11 2022

Low literacy voters struggle to cast ballots in the face of restrictive voting laws

Learn how some voter laws are making it difficult to vote for people who struggle to read

Oz casts his vote in Bryn Athyn

Daily News Lesson October 03 2022

How Pennsylvania’s midterm races impact the future of politics

Find out why political observers are keeping a close eye on Pennsylvania elections this year

U.S. House of Representatives passes the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson September 23 2022

Will these key pieces of legislation pass ahead of 2022 midterms, including a bill making it harder to overthrow an election?

Learn what legislation is a priority ahead of midterm elections for the current Congress

Florida holds primary elections for U.S. House, Senate, in Hialeah

Daily News Lesson September 20 2022

Election officials struggle to recruit poll workers for midterms amid growing threats

Learn why poll workers are under threat and what is being done to address the problem

Voters submit ballots for New York's primary election at a polling station in Brooklyn, New York

Daily News Lesson August 24 2022

Florida and New York primaries: Case studies in how American politics works today

Learn about the results in some key primary races

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Daily News Lesson August 04 2022

Why Kansas' vote to preserve abortion rights has the country talking

On Aug. 2, Kansas rejected an anti-abortion amendment in a landslide vote

U.S. House holds public hearing on Jan. 6, 2021, assault on Capitol

Daily News Lesson June 22 2022

Poll workers continue to face threats by fellow Americans after 2020 presidential election

Will people hesitate to become poll workers if they risk being threatened by dissatisfied voters?

FILE PHOTO: Control of U.S. Senate hangs in the balance as Georgia begins counting ballots

Daily News Lesson April 14 2022

Maine passes law protecting poll workers facing increased threats since 2020 election — and other news for April 14, 2022

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

Activists hold up flowers and signs stating "COUNT EVERY VOTE" across the street from where votes are still being counted, two days after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Philadelphia

Daily News Lesson December 19 2021

Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on

Find out why investigations haven't turned up any of the voter fraud alleged by some Republican activists

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