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News Articles: voting stories

Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz has refused Republican calls to recuse herself from a redistricting case for calling the state's legislative maps "rigged" while campaigning.

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  • Elections

A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Chuck Quirmbach
A perimeter fence surrounds the U.S. Capitol in February ahead of President Biden's State of the Union speech in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

Many voters say Congress is broken. Could proportional representation fix it?

With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that advocates say could better reflect the country's diversity.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
A voter fills out a ballot in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. Federal and local officials have worked closely with researchers to track rumors and conspiracy theories in recent elections but that cooperation is fading under pressure from conservatives.

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  • Elections

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

Experts say a right-wing campaign has cast efforts to combat rumors and conspiracy theories as censorship. As a result, they say, the tools to tamp down on election falsehoods have been scaled back.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Miles Parks
A person walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans in 2015.

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  • Elections

An appeals court sets a January deadline for a new Louisiana congressional map

A federal appeals court is giving Louisiana's GOP-led legislature until mid-January to draw a new congressional map to replace one found likely to violate federal law by diluting Black voters' power.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
The FBI and postal inspectors are investigating letters — some containing fentanyl — sent to election offices in at least five states.

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  • Elections

Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Leslie Collier, a Republican, is the county clerk in Lewis County, Ky. Her local board of elections consolidated 14 precinct-based voting locations in favor of just four countywide vote centers.

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  • Elections

Many Kentucky counties are consolidating polling sites, raising concerns about access

Many Kentucky residents may have to vote somewhere new in this year's elections. That's because dozens of counties have consolidated polling places — a move that's raised concerns about ballot access.

November 05, 2023
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By:
  • Justin Hicks
Congressional term limits are really popular with voters. With experts, not so much.

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  • Elections

Term limits for Congress are wildly popular. But most experts say they'd be a bad idea

It's no secret Americans have a negative view of Congress. And that frustration has led to some renewed interest in setting term limits for lawmakers, though it's an idea broadly opposed by experts.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A voter marks her ballot during early voting, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 election

A judge is ordering Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps after finding the current maps illegally discriminate against Black voters.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
While other senators look at the map on their computers, Republican Sen. Ralph Hise, top right, one of the sponsors of a congressional redistricting bill, speaks as the North Carolina Senate debates the bill Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Elections

North Carolina lawmakers approve maps creating gains for the GOP in Congress

North Carolina Republicans gave final approval Wednesday to new political districts that are likely to hand the party more seats in Congress next year.

October 25, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during his inauguration on Jan. 16, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. After pulling Alabama out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, Allen has now announced a new voter database.

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  • Elections

Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

Nine GOP-led states have now pulled out of ERIC, which helps members find election fraud and keep their voter lists up to date. And experts say their new efforts to replicate the group aren't as good.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks
The U.S. Supreme Court considers a redistricting case from South Carolina.

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  • Law

South Carolina redistricting case could add Democratic House seats

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court conservatives not likely to rule for Democrats in S.C. redistricting

The six conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed likely to dash Democratic hopes for a chance to win a second congressional seat in South Carolina.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper listens as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein speaks at a rally Tuesday at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Elections

North Carolina Republicans enact election changes over Democratic governor's vetoes

One law approved by North Carolina Republicans eliminates the governor's power to appoint the State Board of Elections; the other ends a three-day grace period to receive and count absentee ballots.

October 10, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference on June 15. On Friday, a New Mexico state judge ruled against a Republican Party challenge of congressional boundaries approved by Democrats that divvied up a politically conservative region.

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  • Elections

A New Mexico judge rules against Republicans in a redistricting case

A judge in New Mexico has upheld the state's Democratic-drawn congressional map. The decision could be yet another redistricting case that affects the balance of power in the U.S. House.

October 06, 2023
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By:
  • Nash Jones
A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state's 2022 district map diluted Black voters' power.

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  • Elections

Alabama finally has a new congressional map after a lengthy legal fight

Alabama's new, court-picked map adds a second congressional district where Black voters' preferred candidate is projected to win a majority of the time.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Stephan Bisaha
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