Are Our Votes Safe? Voting Rights, Voter ID, and the 2026 Election

Voting Rights Advocates Warn of Growing Barriers Ahead of Critical 2026 Midterm Elections

Ritu Marwah•Updated: Sep 7, 2026 01:23 PM• 1 views

A woman votes during the state’s primary election to choose candidates for the November midterm elections, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., March 3, 2026.

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Ritu Marwah is an award-winning author. She won the 2023 Ethnic Media Services award for outstanding international reporting; 2022 San Francisco Press Club Journalism excellence award as well as 2021 and 2020 California Award for Journalism. A alum of St Stephens College and Tata Administrative Services she now lives in Silicon Valley with her husband and fruit trees.

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