Jen reports on threats to democracy in states across the country. She previously covered elections and local government at the Houston Chronicle and at Houston’s NPR station. She loves voting early on Halloween.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a staunch opponent of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, won the race Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee for state attorney general.
The Colorado Supreme Court killed a set of proposed ballot measures aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders in other states, finding that they violated the state constitution.
The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits voters from receiving help with filling out or submitting their ballot from a person who is compensated for that service.
In the year since it came under Republican control, North Carolina’s state elections board has repeatedly made headlines for decisions that restrict or suppress the vote. But now some Republicans are also pushing back as State Auditor Dave Boliek attempts to exert control over county election boards and tell their members how to vote.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have implemented new mail voting restrictions, arguing the measure was not necessary and would have proved too burdensome for voters.
Ohio voting advocates are calling on Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill creating new mail voting restrictions that would go into effect for the 2027 elections.
America’s system of electoral redistricting has never been perfect for ensuring that maps are drawn to benefit voters, not politicians or parties. But over the past year, conservatives have radically transformed it into virtually unrecognizable terrain perhaps most closely resembling a burn scar — the term for the scorched land left behind after a wildfire. […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp got a tough lesson Wednesday just hours before the state legislature was supposed to convene for a redistricting special session he called: Life comes at you fast.
Georgia lawmakers will convene today and consider redrawing congressional and state legislative maps to favor Republicans during the 2028 election cycle, despite reluctance from some Republicans and outrage from Democrats.
California’s Democratic leadership has filed suit against a Republican-leaning county that recently approved an eyebrow-raising slate of extreme anti-voting policies.
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