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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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A voter casts their ballot at a ballot drop box by Boston City Hall on Sunday. Many college students are voting via mail-in ballot because they do not attend school in the state they are registered to vote in. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Mail-in ballot concerns influence BU students’ voting plans

Anna Albrecht November 5, 2024
Somewhere along the way, fiery dinner table debates became fires in ballot drop boxes. Lines of eager voters stretching around corners became the buzz of busy phone lines. The visuals of voting have changed in recent elections.
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips speaks to supporters at a primary night event in Manchester, New Hampshire. Rep. Phillips came in second in the New Hampshire Democratic primary behind a successful write-in Biden campaign on Tuesday. MATTHEW EADIE/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Democratic challengers will stay in race after Biden wins New Hampshire primary

Matthew Eadie January 24, 2024
President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite not officially having his name on the ballot, requiring voters to write-in the president’s name in a landslide Democratic primary.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to supporters during a primary election watch party in Concord, New Hampshire. Haley came in second in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday to former President Donald Trump. MOLLY POTTER/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump wins tight New Hampshire primary, Haley vows to continue

Matthew Eadie January 24, 2024
In a surprisingly close New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley to take one step closer to the Republican nomination for president, while Haley remained determined to stay in the race ahead of more primary elections in the coming weeks.
Women's March

Women are running for office in increasing numbers across state and nation

Yoko Zhu November 9, 2022
Massachusetts elected women into office as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor and state treasurer.
Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris visits Boston to rally voters less than one week from Election Day

Matthew Eadie November 3, 2022
Kamala Harris visited Boston to rally voters to the polls ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. She was joined by several Boston and Massachusetts democratic candidates and figures.
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