During the American Civil War, tens of thousands of soldiers used a simple envelope to cast their ballot from the battlefield ...

The United States does not have a rich diamond mining history. But an exhibit at the Smithsonian proves that some of the ...

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the Civil War, he was not just changing ...

A rendering of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by artist William Waud was published in Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 29, 1864. (Library of Congress) “We cannot have free government without elections,” President ...

During an online roundtable of a small group of people Monday evening, Vermont's Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas ...

Donald Trump wants to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines by executive order. He says they are rife with fraud. Is that true? Can he do that? Congress sets the date and the time for national ...

This week marks 57 years since the signing of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), landmark legislation that ensured the right to vote was protected for all Americans. In the decades following the Civil War, ...