Over the past week, the president of the United States has accused members of the opposition party of attempting to “steal” elections by finishing a count of all of the votes. Florida Governor Rick Scott, a candidate in one of those contested elections, ordered a state agency to commit resources to a criminal…

As voters anxiously watch Florida’s races teeter on the edge of blue and red, one ballot measure has already won in the state: a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to over one million residents with felony convictions. The amendment will lead to the biggest restoration of voting rights in America in…

It’s Election Day 2018, and people all over the country are tweeting about standing in long-ass lines for their chance to participate in our supposed democracy.

Voting is a right many have fought and died for. But that doesn’t mean that in 2018, people won’t make mistakes—or, even worse, that governments won’t be actively trying to suppress the vote. So what should you do if told you aren’t allowed to vote?

We spoke to a leading voting rights expert who explained exactly what…

Whether it’s a sign that he’s worried about the results of this week’s midterm elections or simply further affirmation that he neither understands nor trusts the electoral process, President Donald Trump on Monday issued an overt attempt to intimidate voters with an ominous tweet warning of “Maximum Criminal Penalties…

Voters in one Kansas city will literally have to leave town in order to cast their ballots on election day next week—a prospect that doesn’t seem to worry the county clerk, a Republican who literally laughed off a request from the ACLU to open a second, more accessible polling place ahead of the midterms.

Dodge City, KS, is a city of roughly 27,000 people, over half of whom are Latinx. This year, it has just one polling place, which is actually outside of city limits. What a coincidence.

Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp is running for governor against Stacey Abrams, who could very well become the first black woman to become the governor of a U.S. state. He’s running amidst charges that he’s trying his best to stop black voters from casting ballots, and some new audio obtained by …

Hey, it’s the rare “go vote” video that’s not a parade of lame celebrities and doesn’t make you want to claw your eyes out in embarrassment. Who knew such miracles were possible?

This November, Florida voters will be asked to decide whether or not to restore the voting rights of nearly 1.5 million men and women convicted of felonies. Florida is one of just three states that permanently strips the right to vote from people with felonies. If passed, Florida Amendment 4 could shake up elections…

Today is the New York Democratic primary for state government offices, including the contentious primaries for governor and attorney general, and in what’s becoming a familiar theme in one of the largest states in the country, it appears that Democratic primary voters are having a hell of a time voting.

When members of the Democratic Socialists of America entered a Washington, D.C., restaurant this week and chanted “shame, shame” at Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen until she scurried away, it was inevitable that the online fever swamps of the right would swiftly condemn these protestors as scum. How rude…

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Ohio was within its constitutional right to purge infrequent or absentee registered voters from its voter rolls. The court split on its usual 5-4 conservative-liberal lines, in what observers said was a disturbing blow to voting rights.

Roughly 140,000 registered voters in Arizona’s Maricopa County did not receive their voter identification cards ahead of a special congressional election on Tuesday.

Crystal Mason, a 43-year old former tax preparer, served nearly three years in prison for tax fraud. She was on supervised release in 2016 when she cast a ballot in the presidential election at the urging of her mother. Because of that, a judge sentenced her to five years in prison on Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday night that the 2020 Census will include a question about respondents’ citizenship status.

It’s been well established that the Republican notion of widespread voter fraud (and their usual solution of implementing voter ID laws) in the U.S. is a big old lie, a fig leaf to cover their true goal of making it harder for likely Democratic voters to cast their ballots. Thanks to Republicans dominating our state…

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Pennsylvania must redraw its Congressional maps this month. The maps have been held up as among the worst examples of partisan gerrymandering in the country.

A U.S. District judge in Florida on Thursday ruled that the state’s practices for “restoring” voting rights to felons is unconstitutional, noting that “no [formal] standards guide the panel” that decides whether to extend the franchise to those Floridians.