Arkansas governor signs bill to reinstate voter ID law
Arkansas' governor signed a measure Friday requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot, reinstating a voter ID law that was struck down by the state's highest court more than two years ago.
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Texas gerrymandering discriminates against Hispanics, ruling says
A panel of federal judges in Texas is ordering the state to redraw its congressional district map because it discriminates against Hispanic voters. The judges ruled Friday that in 2011, Republican legislators engaged in gerrymandering on racial lines. The ruling…
Texas, Trump administration seek to delay voter ID hearing
The U.S. Justice Department joined Texas' attorney general Wednesday in asking a federal court to delay a hearing on the state's voter ID law, the latest signal that the federal government might drop its opposition to the law now that…
Electoral College is ‘vestige’ of slavery, say some Constitutional scholars
A lesser-known part of the Electoral College's history: its relationship to slavery in the U.S.
This election, nine states are enforcing new laws requiring eligible voters to present government-issued photo IDs at the polls. And other factors, including voter purging in Ohio and possible voting machine malfunctions, could also affect voters. Wendy Weiser, of The…
Voting rights supporters in North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas have triumphed this summer over what they consider discriminatory voter-identification laws. Since 2008, ten state legislatures have tightened such requirements or otherwise restricted how votes may be cast. William Brangham…
A federal appeals court has struck North Carolina’s stringent voting rules that, among other things, required voters to show I.D. before voting. “The new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the judges said. The Justice Department and the…
A federal appeals court, comprised of three Democratic appointees, ruled Friday that recent changes to North Carolina’s voting law by the state's Republican-controlled government violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal appeals court struck down a Texas law that required voters to provide one of seven forms of identification. Also, the Turkish government is set to impose new emergency measures for the next three…
