Aug 08 Trump administration sides with Ohio on purging voter rolls By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, the Justice Department said Monday. Continue reading
Jul 03 New poll: 70% of Americans think civility has gotten worse since Trump took office By Laura Santhanam Americans broadly believe their country’s political tone has become less civil since Donald Trump was elected president and that fundamental rights are weakening, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Mar 11 Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Federal judges found more problems in Texas' voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. 'has not yet reached the mountaintop,' says new civil rights commission chair By Laura Santhanam For Catherine Lhamon, it’s been an eventful introduction to her new role as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Continue reading
Feb 09 Republican state lawmakers push for restrictions on voting By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Lawmakers in at least 20 mostly Republican-led states are pushing to make it harder to register or to vote. Continue reading
Nov 07 DOJ to dispatch more than 500 staffers to election polls, a reduction from 2012 By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department said Monday it will send more than 500 staffers to 28 states on Election Day to monitor the polls, a 35 percent reduction from the number four years ago. Continue reading
Oct 26 Fearing Election Day trouble, some U.S. schools cancel classes By Patrick Whittle and David Sharp, Associated Press The claims, threats and passions surrounding the presidential race have led communities around the U.S. to move polling places out of schools or cancel classes. Continue reading
Sep 10 Appeals court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement By Sam Hananel, Associated Press A federal appeals court has blocked Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Continue reading
Sep 08 Appeals court sympathetic to challenge over voter rules By Sam Hananel, Associated Press A federal appeals court on Thursday seemed likely to side with voting rights groups seeking to block Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Continue reading
Aug 23 Court weighs whether Kansas voters must prove their citizenship By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Kansas wants the court to overturn a ruling by a federal judge in May that temporarily blocked the state from disenfranchising people who registered at motor vehicle offices but didn't provide documents such as birth certificates or naturalization papers. Continue reading