A roll of stickers sit on a table as people vote during the Georgia primary at the Metropolitan Library on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ten months after Georgia officials said they would take steps to ensure that counties were correctly handling massive numbers of challenges to voter registrations, neither the […]
(Bloomberg) — As India’s general election nears the halfway mark, falling voter turnout is prompting concerns about voter disengagement in the world’s largest poll. Most Read from Bloomberg Analysts and political party figures say there are good reasons for the decline and the lower participation doesn’t necessarily suggest advantage for either side. Even so, the […]
By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections, which is already illegal and rarely occurs, an effort meant to draw more attention to Donald Trump‘s false claims that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud. House Speaker Mike […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is set to go to trial Monday, with arguments expected to focus on whether the requirement unlawfully discriminates against Black and Hispanic citizens or serves legitimate state interests to boost public confidence in elections. The non-jury trial in Winston-Salem begins more […]
Political candidates and their parties usually expend time, effort, money, and other resources seeking to encourage voter turnout by their supporters. But the Republican National Committee (RNC), in league with the campaign of former President Trump, has a different take on that practice. Marshall Tanick Rather than boosting their own turnout, they’re aiming at suppressing […]
North Carolina’s new voter ID requirement goes to court this week as challengers in a longstanding lawsuit argue it discriminates against Black and Latino voters. U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs, who has temporarily blocked the law before, will preside over the trial starting Monday in Winston-Salem. The case has the potential to block the state’s […]
Five years after it was filed, a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law will begin on Monday. MORE: Walmart agrees to $45 million class action settlement; payouts may be as high as $500 The NC The State of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NC NAACP), voting rights advocates, and […]
South Korea’s election commission said polls that handed a stinging defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s party were closely monitored, contrary to social media posts that presented baseless voter figures as evidence of tampering. The figures, which purported to show that more than 95 percent of overseas voters backed the opposition party, are not based […]
Former Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe, voter Phil Lawson and members of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee have refiled their primary election federal lawsuit to correct some legal technicalities. Their mission remains the same: Ensuring all Tennessee voters can cast primary ballots for any party without fear of retribution. The group says signs at […]
Karime’s Child Care is a home child care provider in Grand Island, NE. We Care for Kids is a campaign in the state that is raising awareness of the importance of quality early childhood education across the state. (Courtesy of We Care for Kids) LINCOLN — More than 80% of respondents in a new statewide […]
Arizona lawmakers on Wednesday voted to repeal the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban. The legislation, which is expected to be soon signed into law by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, will preserve access to the procedure for millions of women. But there’s a potential political downside for Democrats, who had been using the Arizona Supreme Court’s […]
Former Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe, voter Phil Lawson and members of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee have refiled their primary election federal lawsuit to correct some legal technicalities. Their mission remains the same: Ensuring all Tennessee voters can cast primary ballots for any party without fear of retribution. The group says signs at […]