As absentee ballots for November’s general election begin to be mailed out to Michigan voters on Thursday, clerks and election advocates urged Michiganders to feel confident in the safety and security...

For campaigns: Prediction markets have seeped into the culture. Political operatives keep tabs of their odds. One person said they know a candidate who checks "nearly every hour." Some donors are making spending decisions based on the markets. (2/5) https://t.co/bytBa90Xei

As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend the...