Voters in six US states have been choosing the candidates they want to run for seats in Congress.
In the state of Kentucky, thousands of voting stations were closed because of the pandemic, but that did not deter people from making their voices heard.
Kentucky election officials are expecting a near-record turnout, especially in Jefferson County, where half the state’s Black voters live.
The county received 218,000 requests for mail-in ballots, several times the usual number.
Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Louisville in the US state of Kentucky.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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