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.
Faced with growing concerns about mail delays, voting advocates are asking a Wisconsin state court to give voters a backup option to cast their ballot in person on Election Day.
A group of 25 states and Washington, D.C. is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda.
When the prediction market Kalshi accused the state of Wisconsin of “voter suppression,” it wasn’t referring to gerrymanders, proof-of-citizenship measures, or other methods of restricting the vote that President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has frequently promoted.
Houston residents face an uphill battle to get answers from the Trump administration and hold ICE accountable. But starting next year, their odds are likely to be even steeper.
The GOP-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new permanent rules Monday that will make it more difficult for voters to cast their ballots by mail and ensure that they are counted. The change is just the latest attack on voting since Republicans took control of the board last year.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed a new secretary of state just three months before midterm elections featuring multiple high-stakes congressional races.
The Republican-led North Carolina State Board of Elections approved a plan Thursday to make it significantly easier for their county election officials to throw out votes.
A North Carolina GOP operative has resigned from a state elections oversight role after the State Auditor’s office was caught aggressively attempting to influence how counties picked their early voting locations — a move that drew significant backlash from local officials in both parties.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its 14th and 15th voter roll cases Tuesday, when federal judges dismissed the government’s lawsuits seeking access to Virginia and New Mexico’s full voter records.
Republicans are conceding some defeats: This week, the GOP agreed to dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging the state court ruling that struck down the gerrymandered map.
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