Voting Rights

Betfred and BetOnline believe a Republican is likely to win next year's election, while Betway believes Stacey Abrams is still the favorite.

Envelopes postmarked by the day of the primary or general election are counted if received within a three-day grace period, according to current law.

Abrams, who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives between 2007 and 2017, narrowly lost to Brian Kemp in 2018, by about 55,000 votes.

The "Our City, Our Vote" legislation would allow legal permanent residents and those with work authorization to participate in municipal elections.

The lawsuit alleges that Texas Republicans "racially gerrymandered electoral districts" to maintain political advantages for the GOP.

Amelia Boynton Robinson and Pattie Ruffner Jacobs became the first women to be added to the Statuary Hall of Notable Alabamians.

Republicans won control of Virginia's executive branch and ended Democrats' dominance of the state's legislature.

The decision changes course from an earlier position that barred Dan Smith, Michael McDonald and Sharon Austin from giving expert testimony.

The DOJ stated that the law "restricts eligible voters' ability to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted."

The Republican governor announced several proposed changes that he said "will make Florida the number one state for elections."

The school previously said that the testimony would go against the school's interest and relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The professors argue they're "being denied our constitutional right to free speech by the university."

Some portions of new laws threaten the comfort and safety of voters, particularly as the pandemic continues.

The Fair Fight Political Action Committee donated a total of $1.34 million to the nonprofit organization RIP Medical Debt to clear the debts.

The Senate shot down another attempt at overhauling U.S. voting rights laws on Thursday in a party-line vote.

Why are we allowing an unaccountable official to make policy decisions that affect tens of millions of Americans?

The actress was one of 25 protesters arrested outside the White House on Tuesday, according to the progressive group People for the American Way.

The Atlanta Braves are one step closer to hosting the Fall Classic, now either the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco Giants stand in the way.

Matthew McConaughey, who has hinted at a gubernatorial run in his home state of Texas, failed to impress Kathy Griffin in one of his recent interviews.

A presidential commission is needed now, not later.

Democracy can only thrive if every eligible voter can participate.

The Arizona Democratic Party accused Sinema of protecting a "Jim Crow relic" under the guise of bipartisanship.

Three "C"s have made America great: Christianity, capitalism and the Constitution.

While elections are inherently a contest between politicians, partisanship has no place in the administration of elections.

Gerrymandering is not new. State legislatures have been drawing district boundaries that unfairly advantage one side or the other since our country's founding.

"The decision to block the lower court's ruling affirms that judges can't just replace laws they don't like with new ones," state Senator Warren Daniel said.

Republican state Representative Briscoe Cain said the amendment was to make sure that "people that do innocent things" are not arrested again for their past actions.

"We will not sit back and allow you to filibuster our right to vote," the civil rights leader said at a rally in Washington, D.C.

States and localities nationwide have adopted ranked choice voting because it's such a useful tool in getting more voters to participate and to determine the winner who best combines wide and deep support.

Civil rights groups and ex-offenders sued lawmakers and state officials in 2019, arguing a 1973 law denying the right to vote to felons is unconstitutional.