Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor’s party — almost always the Democrats for over a century
September 18, 2023
A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation for Black voters
September 25, 2023
The Supreme Court is allowing work to proceed on a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters
September 26, 2023
A federal judge says the court will swiftly adopt new congressional map for Alabama after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters
October 03, 2023
Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate
October 05, 2023
Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district
October 06, 2023
South Carolina Democrat Michael B.
April 26, 2024
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve the Republican hold on a South Carolina congressional district against a claim that it treats Black voters unfairly
October 11, 2023
The U.S.
April 26, 2024
A former Georgia voter has testified that he felt overwhelmed and discouraged when he learned that his eligibility to cast a ballot in the state had been challenged ahead of a critical election for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia
October 26, 2023
A federal judge says some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts are racially discriminatory, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district
October 26, 2023
Democrat Brandon Presley is trying to block Republican Gov. Tate Reeves from winning a second term in Mississippi
October 30, 2023
Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s order to redraw some congressional and state legislative districts, but that it won’t fight in court to pause the order for now
November 01, 2023
People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in a generation
November 09, 2023
A federal judge has ruled that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the rights of two Native American tribes because it dilutes their voting strength
November 17, 2023
Georgia Republicans on Friday unveiled a proposed map of U.S.
April 26, 2024
Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters
December 03, 2023
Georgia Republicans are advancing a proposed congressional map that maintains their party's 9-5 majority in the state's congressional delegation
December 04, 2023
A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday
December 06, 2023
A year before voters choose the next U.S. president, groups of all stripes are already working to prepare for what they see as the greatest threat to the 2024
April 26, 2024
The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress
December 29, 2023
Activists who engage with voters of color are finding lackluster enthusiasm after disappointments on some issues such as voting rights and student loan forgiveness during President Joe Biden's term
December 30, 2023
A federal judge has ordered a new legislative district for two Native American tribes who successfully challenged North Dakota’s 2021 redistricting map as violating the Voting Rights Act in diluting Native American voters’ strength
January 08, 2024
A judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of Ohio's sweeping new election law
January 09, 2024
More than 50 countries that together have half the world’s population are expecting national elections in 2024
January 10, 2024
Court could clear the way for Americans to legally bet on US elections
Carnival cruise ship collides with iceberg
Why grandfather of school shooting suspect says the boy's father is to blame
Hurdles to M&A in Europe's fragmented banking sector
Air raid alarm sounds in Ukrainian capital as Blinken and Lammy visit
Bank dividends catapult Q2 global payouts to record highs
Chile miner Codelco seals early contract deal with Ministro Hales union
Watson's attorney says QB 'strongly denies' sexual assault lawsuit. Browns to play him Sunday
Dolphins' Tyreek Hill says he could have handled some elements of traffic stop better