Oct 24 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. Continue reading
Oct 13 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. Continue reading
Oct 07 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. Continue reading
Apr 20 Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote? By Hannah Grabenstein Earlier this month, a Washington, D.C., city councilman proposed what hasn’t been a widely embraced idea in recent years: lowering the voting age threshold in local and federal elections from 18 to 16. Continue reading
Mar 03 Kansas voting rights trial has national implications By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press A conservative Republican who has supported President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegal votes cost Trump the popular vote in 2016 will have to prove Kansas has a problem with voter fraud if he's to win a legal… Continue reading
Jan 24 5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time By Saher Khan The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week. Continue reading
Jan 21 Women of color at the forefront as Women's March rally encourages voter registration By Rebecca Oh Thousands attended the Women’s March “Power to the Polls” event in Las Vegas, which kicked off a nationwide voter registration campaign. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 8:32 Why Ohio's way of purging voter rolls is at the Supreme Court By PBS News Hour A case challenging the removal of hundreds of thousands of people from voter rolls in Ohio went to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Special correspondent Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio reports what's at stake in the Buckeye State, and… Continue watching
Jan 05 Analysis: Voting rights and search and seizure heat up January's Supreme Court term By Marcia Coyle Justices will return to, among other things, an issue that continues to roil national politics: voting rights. Continue reading
Oct 22 Trump voting commission criticized for lack of transparency By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press President Donald Trump's advisory commission on election integrity has integrity questions of its own. Continue reading