ATLANTA, Ga. — It has been an unprecedented year for new voting laws. Some make it easier to cast a ballot, but others make voting more difficult. Eliza Sweren-Becker is the voting rights and election ...
In a case related to Illinois state law about the return of mail ballots, the U.S. Supreme Court says political candidates ...
FILE - Whitney Cooper casts her ballot on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Canton, N.C. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private ...
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...
The article covers ongoing election law cases across the U.S., including redistricting, voting rights, and ballot access. In New York, courts are debating election timing, vote dilution, and candidate ...
Setting the stage for a major ruling on election law, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether federal law requires ballots to be not only cast by voters but also received by election ...
Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Tennessee will not be able to vote in upcoming elections, according to a new ...
Sixty years ago this week, on Aug. 6, 1965, surrounded by such civil rights titans as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into ...