Election Laws
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.
The ruling sets the stage for another state Supreme Court decision before the November election
Officials hope to keep complaints from slowing down the vote-counting process and delaying results.
Clerks warn that it would create a burden and a sticky mess on Election Day. The state Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the former candidate’s request..
After a setback in appeals court, the plaintiffs are taking their case directly to the state Supreme Court, where it could get tied up in complex issues.
The record checks are critical for determining which voters go on the ‘federal only’ rolls. The state will have to resolve the issue in court, with time running out.
The amendment would explicitly prohibit what some municipalities around the country allow: voting by noncitizens in local elections.
As House Republicans push again for a national proof-of-citizenship law, some states remove voters they have flagged as noncitizens — perhaps incorrectly.
ACLU says it’s ready to sue if the threat emerges again: ‘If you refuse to certify, you will be held responsible.’
The Texas attorney general filed a similar lawsuit earlier this week against Bexar County, which includes San Antonio.
The Commonwealth Court ruling says Butler County voters whose mail ballots were rejected were entitled to have their provisional ballots counted.
The suit is a rare preemptive move to head off a crisis after the November election — like the kind that happened in 2020.