Election Laws
The legislation would fill the gaps in federal law, clerks say, but it could add to the costs and burdens they already face with fast-changing rules.
Cochise County Republican Peggy Judd, who initially faced two felony charges, acknowledges that she failed to follow the law.
Federal law bans any type of payment in exchange for voting or registering to vote. But the fine print is important.
A GOP talking point permeates the state, fanned by anti-immigrant rhetoric. It could be the pretext for election challenges.
Neither military nor ‘abroad,’ many residents of U.S. territories — including veterans — are left out of the presidential election.
Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws
Policies on date requirement and ‘notice and cure’ stay unchanged after voting rights groups and Republicans lose their bid for emergency intervention.
Some of the key details depend on decisions by the Legislature. Ranked-choice voting would be an option.
Backers of Proposition 140 gathered enough valid signatures to put the measure on the November ballot, the justices decided.
The attorney general also announced charges against three assistant clerks in St. Clair Shores after a fresh investigation found they altered election records.
A judge hears arguments in a dispute with Pinal County, which is refusing to follow a new state election rule aimed at reducing the number of rejected ballots.
Wausau’s mayor carted away his city’s drop box, triggering a clash with the city clerk and a criminal investigation.
GOP candidate describes Trump’s turbulent exit from the White House as a peaceful transfer of power. What does that say about his view of democracy?
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes can’t threaten to exclude votes from a county that refuses to finalize results, a federal judge ruled, but he has other legal options.
The former independent candidate stumbled in his latest effort to steer his supporters to Donald Trump.
The provision was included in a sweeping Texas voting bill that was signed into law in 2021.
A required hand-count of ballot totals will create more opportunity for errors, delays, and doubts about the election.
The federal case is separate from litigation pending in the state Supreme Court, and is unlikely to be resolved before November.
A ruling before November could affect thousands of mail ballots at risk of rejection.
In several swing states, control of legislative chambers — and agendas — is on the ballot in November.