Returning Your Absentee Ballot? Officials Say Drop It Off, Don’t Mail It.

Mail-in ballots must be received by November 3 in order to be counted. That’s according to a Michigan Court of...

Metro Detroit: Local Issues On Your Ballot In November 2020

101.9 WDET, Detroit's NPR Station, is committed to providing fair and accurate coverage of the 2020 November presidential election.  Our newsroom is taking...

Metro Detroit Voters Share What’s On Their Minds Ahead of 2020 Election

The November election is a little over two weeks away. It’s almost hard to believe it’s so close after all...

2020 Race Could Test “Nation’s Creaky Electoral Machinery”

Normally when America’s elections draw to a close, there’s a smooth transition from one leader to the next --even back...

For Michigan Voters, Historic Election Is About the Man In The White House

During a recent speech to University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor live streamed throughout the nation, Vermont Sen. Bernie...

Everything You Need to Know to Vote in 2020

If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times: 2020 is an unprecedented year, and that's likely to...

NPR Live Coverage: Pence, Harris Vice Presidential Debate In Salt Lake City

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Avoid This Voting Mistake That Got 2,000 Ballots Thrown Out In August

Shiraz Ahmed / WDET In the August primary election, 2,225 absentee voters in Michigan had their ballots thrown out because...

Stacey Abrams: Electoral Education Is Crucial to Voting

Michigan clerks have begun mailing out absentee ballots to voters who have requested one for the November election. Voting rights...

Stephen Henderson Interviews Sen. Gary Peters and Challenger John James

Michigan’s U.S. Senate race in 2020 is turning into one of the most hard-fought contests in the country. Senator Gary...

Accidental Presidents: The Veeps Who Changed American History

Not many American vice presidents have successfully run and attained higher office. The most well-known ones — Andrew Johnson, Harry...

NPR Live Coverage: Trump, Biden Debate For First Time In Cleveland

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