The board, with a new right-wing majority, is set to consider new election rules just 45 days before the election.

Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered voters.

Although union members make up a small portion of the electorate, unions' backing of presidential candidates could make an outsized difference in close election contests.

State law allows voters to cast their ballot up to 46 days before the election, but many will chose to vote on Election Day.

Since the 2020 election, the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force has arrested and prosecuted about a dozen people for threatening election workers. In contrast, experts say actual voter fraud, or instances of people voting improperly, are vanishingly rare.

Pollster Matt Towery discusses the latest polling between both presidential candidates on 'The Ingraham Angle.' LAURA INGRAHAM: Joining us now is pollster Matt Towery and Brian Kilmeade, Fox and Friends co-host,

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pledged Thursday that the US Postal Service will undertake “heroic efforts” to deliver all mail-in ballots on time this year and urged people to put their ballots in the mail at least one week before Election Day on November 5.

Some states use hand counts when conducting recounts in close elections, or as part of routine post-election audits, said Mark Lindeman, the policy and strategy director for Verified Voting, which supports the responsible use of technology in elections. A handful of tiny jurisdictions use hand counts in place of voting machines.