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Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the Cancer Moonshot initiative at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Biden addresses nation as president-elect

Daniel Kool November 8, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States Saturday following four days of uncertainty during which President Donald Trump threatened legal action as key states’ final tallies trickled in.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Clara Kim/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Partisan politics can undermine role of poll watchers

Editors October 27, 2020
Polling booths are not a place for manipulative partisan games. They must be a safe and open environment for citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. We cannot be deceived into thinking they should be used as anything other than that.
The ballots of Massachusetts voters who die after voting early will count in this year’s election, the state legislature decided. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITTLE VIA FLICKR

Ballots from Mass. voters who die before Nov. 3 will be counted in 2020 election

Rin Velasco October 7, 2020
Massachusetts residents who die after voting early in this year’s election will still have their ballots counted. The temporary law will make tallying more efficent, so results should be ready by the night of the election.
Boston University’s mailroom rules for students in quarantine and isolation housing may pose a potential problem for students planning to vote by mail. ROBERT BRANNING/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students in quarantine or isolation housing can vote, but through extra steps

Emily Stevenson October 5, 2020
With the presidential election just weeks away, BU students hoping to vote while in quarantine or isolation housing might face added hurdles. Mail is not as easy to recieve when the University must reduce contact between these students and the rest of campus. 
EDITORIAL: Snapchat's support of taking selfies while voting unjustified and ridiculous

EDITORIAL: Snapchat’s support of taking selfies while voting unjustified and ridiculous

Editors April 26, 2016

Snapchat is fighting for Americans’ right to a good selfie, even if it’s taken in a voting booth. As the overturn on a New Hampshire ban of photos in private polling places is being appealed, Snapchat...

Full-time lecturers and instructors at BU will vote to unionize using mail-in ballots sent Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINKSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU instructors, lecturers move forward with efforts to unionize

Weihua Li March 23, 2016

Full-time and salaried Boston University instructors and lecturers will receive mail-in ballots from the National Labor Relations Board to vote and unionize with the Service Employees International...

Boston University adjunct professor Janet Bailey speaks at a forum in October advocating for better benefits and accommodations. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct faculty to receive ballots, begin vote for unionization

J.D. Capelouto January 15, 2015

As part of an ongoing effort to better address concerns and treatment of part-time faculty, adjunct professors at Boston University will soon participate in an election to determine whether or not they...

Heated Senate race, medical marijuana on ballots Tuesday

Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2012

As election season comes to a close, Massachusetts voters face a hotly contested Senate race and the Commonwealth’s controversial ballot questions as they fill the booths on Tuesday. The Senate race...

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