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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Election 2018

Many Northwestern students voting by mail said they never received absentee ballots, echoing a day riffled by concerns of voter suppression and difficulties.

Despite strong desire to vote, some students’ absentee ballots never arrived

November 7, 2018

Voters showed up en masse yesterday to deliver their votes in the midterm election. Record turnouts helped Democrats take control of the House and several state governments, though Republicans added to...

Voters wait to vote at Parkes Hall in 2018. Northwestern does not plan to host a polling location this Election Day.

High turnouts lead to long wait times in Parkes Hall, but many voters stayed

November 6, 2018

Some South Campus voters waited for as long as two hours before voting at Parkes Hall on Tuesday. Students sat in the halls as they waited in line, some doing their homework or reading up on the election....

I’m Running: Kellogg alum Cindy Axne competes in must-win Iowa race

I’m Running: Kellogg alum Cindy Axne competes in ‘must-win’ Iowa race

October 26, 2018

This profile is part of a series on Northwestern alumni running for Congress. On November 9, 2016, Cindy Axne (Kellogg ‘02), afflicted by pneumonia and concern for the country, stepped out of her...

A woman participating in the Chicago Women’s March last January calls for supporters of women’s rights to vote in the November midterm.

Students name protecting reproductive rights as motivation to vote

October 22, 2018

Ahead of the November midterm elections, Daily reporters are speaking to students about issues they’ll take to the polls. In this article, students take on the vulnerability of reproduction rights. In...

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