The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a potentially monumental case next year about whether a mail ballot must be received by Election Day to count. Though a ruling is still months away, the case has already led at least one state to scrap its grace period thanks to the uncertainty of how the court will rule.
Maryland is taking new steps toward redistricting in 2026, with a state committee now soliciting congressional map proposals and engaging the public.
The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C., demanding registrants’ unredacted private information — including driver license numbers, social security numbers and dates of birth — in a campaign decried by local officials and legal experts as an unconstitutional attack on states’ authority to run elections and an illegal attempt to create an unprecedented national voter database.
When Republicans in Missouri claimed last week that a gerrymandered congressional map was already in effect, they dealt a major blow to voters who want the final word in the state’s redistricting battle. But pro-voter organizers say there’s still a path forward for voters to block the map — and they’re ready to keep fighting.
Republicans and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in federal court this week that California’s new redistricting plan constitutes an illegal racial gerrymander — and not a legal partisan one, like Democrats claim.
During his remarks Wednesday, the former federal attorney pushed back on GOP efforts to discredit the prosecution as unfairly political, arguing that his work was governed by facts and sound prosecutorial ethics.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has reiterated that he would not release Peters.
Eric Neff replaces Maureen Riordan as acting chief of DOJ’s voting section.
The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law.
Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters.