voting

What to expect in Arkansas' primary runoff elections

By Robert Yoon, Associated Press

Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday.

Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo voter ID mandate in win for GOP lawmakers

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters.

Trump casts Florida ballot by mail as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Trump has in the last week called mail-in voting "cheating" and "corrupt as hell" as he urges Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a sweeping bill that would bar universal mail ballots.

Emmanuel Grégoire becomes new mayor of Paris, succeeding fellow Socialist Anne Hidalgo

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grégoire won the Paris mayoral race Sunday, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor.

Slovenia's governing liberals and right-wing populists neck and neck, preliminary results show

By Ali Zerdin, Associated Press

Slovenia's governing liberals and opposition right-wing populists were neck and neck after a highly contested parliamentary election on Sunday, near-complete preliminary results showed.

LISTEN: Supreme Court considers late-arriving mail ballot laws in case that may affect midterms

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.

Fact-checking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the effects of the SAVE America Act

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the SAVE America Act would require in-person voter registration, “something only 5% of Americans do today." The act would require that, but the rate of in-person registrations is higher than Schumer said.

Georgia was going to dump voting machines that Trump hates. But then things got complicated

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in election methods.

French voters head to polls in first round of municipal elections before 2027 presidential race

By John Leicester, Associated Press

Although largely focused on grassroots concerns, the voting will be scrutinized for any early hints of how parties might fare in the presidential race of 2027.

Smartmatic says Trump's 'campaign of retribution' is driving criminal prosecution

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

Voting technology firm Smartmatic asked a federal judge to dismiss a criminal money laundering indictment saying the case is political retaliation tied to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 election.