Nancy Gibbs, the director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, encouraged “caution and humility” in analyzing this election cycle.

Donald Trump this week claimed without evidence that anyone living overseas can get a ballot mailed to them, even if they are not eligible to vote, falsely accusing Democrats of subverting a 1986 law to win in November.

A new Republican rule requiring a hand count of ballots turns the state election board into a political lightning rod.

Donald Trump's chances of beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election have improved in recent days, although the vice president is still considered the slight favorite overall, according to forecasters.

The popular vote may be in play as the presidential ballots are being counted. Here's what the popular vote actually is and does.

Across the U.S., including in some swing states, new or altered state laws changing how Americans vote, tally ballots and certify the election.

The data nerd of NBC News, Steve Kornacki, is preparing to sleep at his desk in 30 Rockefeller Plaza — for days on end, if need be. CNN is adding to its bench of legal experts in case of disputed counts in swing states.

It’s an issue atop the list for many voters this year, and Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump will both speak about it on Wednesday.

But a normal polling error could also result in one candidate winning easily.

"Ill-conceived laws like Georgia's SB189 are a bad solution in search of a non-existent problem," said Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a plaintiff in the case.

Democrats are accusing three GOP members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and illegally passing rules critics say will sow chaos in the presidential race.