Election Reform in Alaska Meets Obstacles
From today’s USA Today: As the clock ticks towards the end of Alaska’s legislative session, a bipartisan elections reform bill that the state Senate State Affairs Committee advanced has run…
New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Shape 2024 Election
From today’s Washington Post: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All…
Federal Judges Overturn Parts of GOP Voting Laws in Georgia and Texas
From today’s Associated Press News: Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought…
Deep Partisanship On Display As Congress Releases Competing Voting Bills
From today’s AP News: Congress in the coming weeks will consider shoring up voting and election laws — efforts that will reflect the vast gulf between Democrats and Republicans on…
California steps into national fight over ballot restrictions, voting rights
From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: Earlier this year, state Sen. Tom Umberg pointed to an often-overlooked confluence of events amid discussion about California’s efforts to make it easier to vote…
SCOTUS questions need for restrictive voting laws in Voting Rights Act case
From NBC News Online: Supreme Court justices asked skeptical questions Tuesday about Arizona election laws in a case that has emerged as an important test of the Voting Rights Act.…
Advocates Say New Georgia GOP Voting Bill Targets Black Voters
From today’s CNN Online: Georgia voting rights groups are denouncing a sweeping voting bill introduced this week by Republican state legislators as a “direct attack on democracy” and on Black…
SCOTUS denies GOP bid to stop an extended deadline for PA mail-in ballots
From today’s Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday night allowed Pennsylvania election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day, refusing a Republican request…
Signature errors could disenfranchise a record number of voters in the election
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A record number of Americans are expected to vote by mail in the November general election because of the pandemic — and a record number…
SCOTUS clears the way for sending mail-in ballots to Montana voters
From today’s CNN News Online: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday denied a request from Republicans to block Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive last month allowing counties to send…