SectionsFeaturedtvFollow NBC NewsMore From NBC© 2022 NBCNEWS.COMBy Sahil Kapur and Jane C. TimmWASHINGTON — Congress is preparing for a heated battle over the way Americans vote, with the two parties set to clash over proposed federal election standards and Republican-led state restrictions.At issue is the fate of the that would remake American elections from start to finish. It would force states to offer at least 15 days of early voting, universal access to mail-in voting and same-day registration for federal races. It'd make Election Day a national holiday, too.The divisions between the...…SectionsFeaturedtvFollow NBC NewsMore From NBC© 2022 NBCNEWS.COMBy Sahil Kapur and Jane C. TimmWASHINGTON — Congress is preparing for a heated battle over the way Americans vote, with the two parties set to clash over proposed federal election standards and Republican-led state restrictions.At issue is the fate of the that would remake American elections from start to finish. It would force states to offer at least 15 days of early voting, universal access to mail-in voting and same-day registration for federal races. It'd make Election Day a national holiday, too.The divisions between the...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Dozens of companies, including Amazon, Google, Starbucks and Netflix, joined hundreds of business leaders, celebrities, law firms, and nonprofits to sign a new statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” that would restrict ballot access.The statement, appearing Wednesday as advertisements in The New York Times and The Washington Post, is the latest and largest mobilization by corporate America against restrictive voting legislation advanced by Republicans around the country.“We...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Dozens of companies, including Amazon, Google, Starbucks and Netflix, joined hundreds of business leaders, celebrities, law firms, and nonprofits to sign a new statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” that would restrict ballot access.The statement, appearing Wednesday as advertisements in The New York Times and The Washington Post, is the latest and largest mobilization by corporate America against restrictive voting legislation advanced by Republicans around the country.“We...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy State Republicans have in recent weeks advanced a spate of proposals that would restrict access to the ballot box, a move after President Joe Biden's win.State lawmakers are considering more than 100 laws that would make it harder to vote, by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. This number represents almost triple the number of similarly restrictive bills under consideration this time last year, according to the analysis.These bills, in the works in 28...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy State Republicans have in recent weeks advanced a spate of proposals that would restrict access to the ballot box, a move after President Joe Biden's win.State lawmakers are considering more than 100 laws that would make it harder to vote, by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. This number represents almost triple the number of similarly restrictive bills under consideration this time last year, according to the analysis.These bills, in the works in 28...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Jessica King's absentee ballot application never arrived. She tried to vote early at her polling location near her home in Albany, Georgia — but left when the crowd made social distancing impossible.Finally, thanks to an early alarm on Election Day and a nearly hourlong wait, King, 27, was able to vote in the state’s June primary.The obstacles she encountered to safely casting a ballot several months into a pandemic were frustratingly familiar to her as a Black voter.“As a person of color,...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Jessica King's absentee ballot application never arrived. She tried to vote early at her polling location near her home in Albany, Georgia — but left when the crowd made social distancing impossible.Finally, thanks to an early alarm on Election Day and a nearly hourlong wait, King, 27, was able to vote in the state’s June primary.The obstacles she encountered to safely casting a ballot several months into a pandemic were frustratingly familiar to her as a Black voter.“As a person of color,...WW…

President Donald Trump said he had "just finished" taking a two-week course of the antimalarial drug , the medication he has vigorously promoted as a preventative or curative treatment for the , even as evidence piles up that the drug may cause more harm than good."Finished, just finished," he said in an that aired on Sinclair Broadcasting on Sunday"And by the way, I'm still here."The president again defended his decision to take, and talk about, the unproven treatment in the interview, amid Food and Drug Administration warnings against using the drug for...…President Donald Trump said he had "just finished" taking a two-week course of the antimalarial drug , the medication he has vigorously promoted as a preventative or curative treatment for the , even as evidence piles up that the drug may cause more harm than good."Finished, just finished," he said in an that aired on Sinclair Broadcasting on Sunday"And by the way, I'm still here."The president again defended his decision to take, and talk about, the unproven treatment in the interview, amid Food and Drug Administration warnings against using the drug for...WW…