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Ballot drop box outside the county courthouse in Leavenworth, Kansas. A ballot dropbox provides a secure and convenient means for voters to return their mail ballot. (Michael Siluk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

By Livia Follet | There’s about seven weeks till Election Day, but voters in most states—except those in Mississippi, Alabama and New Hampshire—will have the opportunity to vote in mere weeks.

For some states, the last day to register to vote is less than a month away. Currently 21 states and D.C. allow voter registration on Election Day, meaning that you can wait until Nov. 5 to register and vote. However, many states require registration as early as the first week in October. 

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People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with placards bearing the image of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis during commemorations for the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Alabama. The bridge was the site of the brutal beatings of civil rights marchers, including Lewis, at the hands of police during the first march for voting rights on March 7, 1965. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

By Susan Sheu and Sylvia Ghazarian | Voting is more than a civic duty; it is an expression of your voice, your values and your vision for the future. The fight continues to this day.

It’s easy to feel like one vote doesn’t matter, but history has shown us that collective action can lead to transformative change. That is why those who resist change continue to suppress the vote, more than 150 years after the 15th Amendment. When we all show up, the power of our voices combined can create a force that is impossible to ignore.

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A protest against the killing of George Floyd in New York on June 14, 2020, in New York City. (Ira L. Black / Corbis via Getty Images)

By Barbara Rodriguez and Grace Panetta, The 19th | Advocacy groups are mobilizing to safeguard access to the ballot as states implement laws that could deter trans people from voting in November.

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