ERIC is a national system that Texas officials say is an important tool to keep voting rolls clean. But a band of right-wing voter fraud activists, joined by state GOP officials, wants to gut it.
Join us and a panel of election experts for a free discussion on unequal voting policies in the state and possible solutions.
“Election policy is more durable if it’s bipartisan,” a prominent expert says.
Lawmakers debate whether ineligible voters would be prosecuted for making a mistake. Republicans had lowered the penalty to a misdemeanor two years ago.
Attorney General Kris Mayes calls the plan to empower election skeptic David Stevens an “unqualified handover.”
Homeland Security allocates money for election security, but not enough to meet the need.
Gun rights advocates call Democrats’ bill “an affront to the Second Amendment.”
David Stevens, recorder of the southern Arizona county, will appoint the permanent elections director and take control of vote counting.
A higher court would have to determine whether recount petitions require evidence of fraud
Maricopa County team includes retired Arizona Supreme Court justice, elections technology expert, and printer expert.
Republican lawmakers work to reverse change to state law that made illegal voting a misdemeanor
Bonus: Here’s how many election administrators you could pay with one year of Tucker Carlson’s salary.
GOP lawmakers filed two bills in response to Harris County’s recent Election Day problems.
SB 2, which reverses a provision of 2021’s election bill, is among Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities.
Under Attorney General Brnovich, Democrats called out the political agenda of the “election fraud unit.” Now, under Mayes, Republicans are saying the same.
The counties make their own policies on drop boxes, fixing mail ballots, and more. Our maps show the uneven landscape that gives Pennsylvanians additional voting options based on where they live.
And so far, the prospects for getting it — at least from the federal government — don’t look good. Here’s what officials said at last week’s gathering of election chiefs.
Luzerne County was singled out by the Department of State as the only county with significant voting problems in the 2022 midterm elections.
Lawmakers’ failure to understand how things work leads to laws creating new obstacles for elections.
Officials worry the mandate for WORM devices will deprive them of the tech they use for accurate, speedy voting results.
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Court tells state Senate it has its own authority to enforce subpoenas with the Department of State.
Early in-person voting and new drop boxes to cost Michigan $45 million, secretary of state estimates
Local clerks cheer the amount of the Prop 2 funding request but now want to know how it will meet different jurisdictions’ needs.
Recorder David Stevens — a close ally to Mark Finchem — pursued the county’s illegal plan to hand count midterm ballots and stands to take more control of elections there.
The left worries about voter purges. The right worries about secure elections. Clean voter rolls help them both.
Hundreds of election-related bills have already been filed by state lawmakers as elections continue to draw scrutiny.
Journalism taught me that local government has a profound impact on voters’ lives. That’s why I’m pursuing the crucial but misunderstood facts about Pennsylvania elections.
Lisa Marra, who refused to cooperate with Republican officials’ illegal hand-count plan, describes a threatening work environment in letter to county.
Election officials say Ken Paxton’s legal opinion puts them in a bind: risk breaking the law or risk provoking lawsuits.
American democracy has faced crisis after crisis and come out the other side.
Election skeptics are using obscure legal provisions to petition for recounts and drag out final results.
Democrats and Republicans have been at odds in recent weeks over which party had the authority to schedule three special elections for the chamber.
Vote totals change slightly but not enough to impact the outcome of any race.
No evidence of widespread voter fraud has been found, but Attorney General Ken Paxton has been actively pursuing election-related crimes since he took office in 2015.
County employees hand counted more than 59,000 ballots in two and a half days, a task resulting from petitions and pressure from election conspiracy activists.
Gov. Hobbs says last year’s problems, from equipment errors to the politics of certifying results, could provide a guide for improvements in 2023.
Lawmakers overhauled the Electoral Count Act, but aren’t providing enough money to shore up crumbling election infrastructure.
Schmidt, a Republican, famously stood up to former President Trump’s claims of election fraud in 2020
Mistakes uncovered by recount indicate Virginia Ross either did not catch errors or failed to disclose them before results were certified.
Votebeat’s reporters are watching extremists’ shifting tactics, distrust among red counties, funding for election costs, and voter access changes.
Long-awaited report finds conflicting statements from polling place supervisors on whether they ran out of ballot paper.
Officials blame “human error” for a discrepancy of 507 votes in the county’s new total for the razor-thin attorney general race.
Election experts and advocates say Legislature should update 1927 statute that was written for an era of machine politics.
Some ballot images printed too small in Maricopa County. But county officials say that doesn’t mean voters were disenfranchised.
Conservative activists behind the recounts of Props 2 and 3 tried to get votes rejected because of ink bleed-through and other minor issues.
Much of Hamadeh’s election challenge advances to trial while courts swiftly dismiss nearly all of Lake’s and Finchem’s claims.
In Arizona, a move to combat online misinformation draws belated, and sometimes inaccurate, scrutiny.
Thrust into the job at a contentious time, Scott believed defending the integrity of Texas elections was his top priority.
Lawmakers, lobbyists, and voting advocates preview their elections reform wishlists for the next session
The outcome in Moore v. Harper may not bring the broad consequences for elections that observers fear.
In the latest fallout from Election Day woes, a GOP judicial candidate is suing to overturn her loss, citing unspecified data and “2,000 reports” of polling place problems.