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General Election Questions

Mail-in Information

When Will We Know 2024 Election Results?When to expect election results on election night 2024, including when we will know the winner, poll closing times and how fast votes are counted in all 50 states.

Why Counting the Vote Can, and Should, Take Time | ACLUOn Election Night, standard procedure and state-based policies mean elections officials may still be counting ballots after Election Day. This is normal.

National Task Force on Election Crises

Ballotpedia

Democracy for President

Understanding the Election

Electoral College Explained

The Electoral College ExplainedIt’s the Electoral College, not the national popular vote, that determines who wins the presidency.

How does the Electoral College work? A simple explanation for the 2024 presidential electionKamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election.

How the president is elected | USAGovFind out how a candidate becomes president of the United States. Learn about caucuses and primaries, political conventions, the Electoral College, and more.

Vocabulary

Election glossary: Understand common termsUse this handy resource when you want to learn, or double check, the meaning of a political term and to better understand elections.

Reliable News

AllSides

AllSides | Balanced news via media bias ratings for an unbiased news perspectiveSee issues and political news with news bias revealed. Non-partisan, crowd-sourced technology shows all sides so you can decide.

How to Determine Whether or Not a Source is Credible

How to Find Credible Information About the Election (and Avoid Gett...Tips for new voters to cut through the noise, identify quality news sources, and feel confident at the polls. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.

Fact Checkers

PolitiFact, the largest political fact-checking organization in the United States, is tracking President Donald Trump and all the 2020 Democratic candidates between now and Election Day. How are they faring on the Truth-O-Meter? What do we know about their plans to deal with health care and immigration? Our team of fact-checkers has you covered.