Boosting Voter Turnout Gets HHS Push Following Call from Biden

Voter turnout in US elections is getting renewed focus from none other than the Health and Human Services Department, a move that comes just weeks before the midterm elections.

The HHS is asking the public to provide the agency with suggestions and information to help get more citizens of voting age to cast ballots. The request comes in a notice set to publish in the Federal Register on Oct. 24 and is part of the agency’s “Healthy People” initiative for 2030, a decade-long set of health targets and goals.

Bolstering voting numbers has long been a focus of the Biden ...