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Democratic presidential candidates marking Selma anniversary

By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press

Several Democratic White House hopefuls are gathering at one of America’s seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement.

In undecided N.C. race, GOP candidate testifies that operative said he wouldn't collect ballots

By Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press

Mark Harris testified Thursday that a political operative now accused of ballot fraud assured him "again and again" that he wouldn't collect absentee ballots in violation of state law.

Registering to vote brings out emotions among Florida felons

By Joshua Replogle and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

The normally humdrum bureaucracy of registering to vote brought tears to the eyes of some Floridians on Tuesday when most felons regained their right to vote under a state constitutional amendment.

The House Democrats' blueprint for taking on Trump and Republicans

By Jessica Yarvin

House Democrats have laid out a blueprint for how they plan to govern as the majority and some of the ways they plan to take on the GOP-controlled Senate and President Donald Trump.

Bill on president's tax returns, voting access will be Democrats' 1st in the new Congress

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

House Democrats on Friday unveiled their first bill for the new Congress, a good-government package to limit big money in politics, make it easier for citizens to vote and require presidents to disclose their tax returns.

In Florida, Amendment 4 restores more than a right to vote

More than 60 percent of voters in Florida chose on Election Day to restore voting rights to 1.5 million people with prior felonies, amending state policy enforced during the 19th century and upheld until Tuesday. Myrna Perez, who leads the…

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Florida restores voting rights to 1.5 million citizens. Here's why that could decrease crime

By Victoria Shineman, The Conversation

Research shows when ex-offenders regain their voting rights, they can became more trusting of government and the criminal justice system.

Georgia's rejection of mail ballots over mismatched signatures halted by judge

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Georgia election officials must stop rejecting absentee ballots and absentee ballot applications without first giving voters a chance to fix the problem, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Formerly convicted Florida residents sound off on voter disenfranchisement

By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green

On Nov. 6, more than six million Americans will be unable to vote because of a felony conviction on their records. More than a quarter of them live in Florida.

Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?

By Roman V. Yampolskiy, The Conversation

A new argument has laid a path for artificial intelligence systems to be recognized as people without any legislation, court rulings or other revisions to existing law.