This article was originally published in The Boston Globe.

Voters must cast ballots in the party they are registered for, and voters who are registered as undeclared may vote in either primary. In New Hampshire, roughly 40 percent of voters are registered as undeclared, according to Liz Tentarelli, the president of LWV New Hampshire.

Ahead of the 2024 midterms, LWV's latest Public Service Announcement's for VOTE411.org are live!

In the November 2023 municipal election, “we the people” made our decisions about who would represent us.  But only 42.6% of registered voters in Bucks County voted.  How can we encourage more citizens to vote?  

This story was originally published in NPR.

"One of our greatest rights, especially for new citizens, is the power to vote," said Jeanette Senecal with the nonprofit League of Women Voters, which has reported registering nearly 48,000 new citizens to vote this year at naturalization ceremonies around the country.