Voting Rights

In a 5-4 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Ohio and other states are allowed to purge voters who are inactive or do not respond to requests to confirm their residency from their rolls. 

Only a few states allow automatic voter registration beyond motor vehicle offices.

The Supreme Court will decide on a Trump-backed Ohio voting rights policy that has disenfranchised thousands of American voters by using lists to purge names of those who vote infrequently.

Could the president's "voter fraud" panel become even stronger in death than in life? Critics are worried.

The White House dumped the panel after resistance, lawsuits and a failure to produce evidence of widespread voter fraud.

The Republican governor signed a law in May that restored voting rights to some felons.

Disabled voters’ ballots were tossed because of an “unintended consequence” in the state law, county commissioners said.

A member of what the president calls his "very distinguished voter fraud panel" is going back to court in an attempt to break through what he says is its veil of secrecy.

Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says he can't get information about the voter fraud commission even though he's on it.

The former Kansas governor can't stand the thought of Republican Kris Kobach taking over in Topeka.

For every legitimate instance of double registration, the crosscheck database incorrectly identified 200 voters who were registered in only one state, a study found.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity caused a national outcry with its request for reams of personal data on all registered U.S. voters.

Many voters are purged from the rolls in New York, where the party enrollment deadline is more than half a year ahead of the primaries.

Kris Kobach tried to change federal voter registration laws to include proof-of-citizenship requirements as he imposed in Kansas.

The campaign to fight voter disenfranchisement was purposefully launched in Kansas, the home turf of Kris Kobach, who leads President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission

If the Supreme Court strikes down a Wisconsin map for partisan redistricting gone too far, voting rights advocates win big

The temporary restraining order prohibits the state from providing data to Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity until after an October 16 hearing.

Lower court ruling stands that scrapped two House districts where race was unlawfully used as a factor in determining voting lines.

Many people—including the president—don't understand or don't care about the difference between registration mistakes and fraudulent votes.

In-person voter fraud essentially doesn't exist, despite President Donald Trump's insistence to the contrary.

Most of the calls to the voter protection hotline are seeking information on how to vote.

Voting laws in many states allow average citizens to challenge fellow voters, and in some, they don't even have to provide evidence.

Democrats' lawsuits against Republicans over voter intimidation has prompted new disclosures from Trump and Stone.

Green card holders enjoy many of the same rights and privileges as citizens, including the ability to buy firearms and earn Social Security benefits.

Swing state's tough procedures to restore former inmates' voting rights seen as a boon to Republicans.

Thirty-seven states and Washington D.C. allow voters to cast their ballots before November 8.

If Veasey survives, it will be exceedingly difficult for any photo ID law to pass muster, at least in the absence of heavily documented instances of fraud.

Federal observers deployed to jurisdictions that the attorney general selected based on evidence of possible racial discrimination have been eliminated.

Governor Terry McAuliffe's order allowing more than 200,000 ex-cons to vote is unconstitutional, the lawmakers say.

Over objections from the GOP, felons in Virginia who have served their time and finished their parole can register—a potential game-changer for the presidential election.