Voices Behind the Vote

Record numbers of people have turned out to cast ballots across the country this election, despite confidence in American democracy among citizens being…

Poll workers spend their day checking in voters, printing ballots and helping people understand the voting process. For Albuquerque poll workers Henry…

New voters are an influential voting bloc in national and local elections. A diverse sector of citizens, new voters include people who turned 18 since the…

Many first time voters have a lot on their mind this election cycle. College students are coming of age in an unprecedented time, with the COVID-19…

The decisions made by leaders and policy makers during the COVID-19 pandemic will have repercussions on small businesses across the state, and the…

Protests against racial injustice have taken place in communities across the country this year, some focusing on calls to remove monuments to racist…

New Mexico has the highest percentage of Latinx and Hispanic voters of any state in the U.S.; according to the Pew Research Center, nearly 43% of eligible…

Politicians and judges on your ballot this year have made decisions in response to the coronavirus pandemic that immediately impacted the health of the…

The federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is on the ballot this year as President Trump runs for reelection in a country that’s seen…

Let’s take a breath. In episode 12, we try to fend off that wild pandemic election news cycle we’ve been living inside of, which can feel like a deluge of…