Politics Aug 31 Plan to cut polling sites in major Texas county draws protests as Senate battle looms By Anna Wilder, Associated Press/Report For America
Nation Aug 31 U.S. has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, Gen. Caine says The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections. By Ben Finley, Associated Press
Politics Nov 03 Appeals court declines to ban drive-thru voting in Houston The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has rejected an eleventh hour Republican effort to bar Election Day drive-thru voting in Houston in a one-sentence ruling issued late Monday. By Associated Press
Politics Nov 02 Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes The county is the nation's third largest and a crucial battleground in Texas, where President Donald Trump and Republicans are bracing for the closest election in decades on Tuesday. By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Politics Sep 27 Watch 3:25 With Georgia in dead heat, Trump and Biden woo Black voters Polls show that Georgia, which President Trump won by nearly five points in 2016, has emerged as a hotly contested state with Biden and Trump battling it out for the Black vote. Meanwhile, officials are recruiting thousands of tech savvy… By PBS NewsHour
Aug 24 Georgia county scraps widely condemned plan to close most polling places By Brinley Hineman, Associated Press Voting and civil rights groups applauded the decision but said the episode demonstrates the need to restore Voting Rights Act protections that were tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 3:57 News Wrap: Kurdish forces launch Raqqa campaign against ISIS By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Kurdish-led forces pressed toward the Islamic State’s de facto capital Raqqa after announcing the offensive Sunday. Also, the Justice Department announced it is sending 500 staffers to 28 states to watch for civil rights violations… Continue watching
Oct 15 Possible Election Day problems worry civil rights advocates By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press Experts and civil rights advocates worry conditions are ripe this year for trouble at the nation's polling places. Continue reading
Nov 06 Voters Head to the Polls By Tom LeGro Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for local and national offices, including for president of the United States. Here are some scenes from polling places. Continue reading