North Carolina governor vetoes sweeping voting restrictions
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein killed a sweeping GOP elections bill that would have shortened early voting, extended the time period to challenge votes and expanded voter roll maintenance.
Jen Rice
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.
Federal judge blocks GOP effort to get rid of Black judicial seat in Mississippi
A federal judge rejected a Republican attempt to eliminate a Black-majority local judicial district in Mississippi, ruling that it was too close to the November election to make the change.
After Supreme Court gutted VRA, Mississippi tries to bring back a GOP gerrymander
A federal court will decide at an upcoming hearing whether Mississippi can move forward for now with a gerrymandered GOP map for its 2027 elections without waiting for input from a district court or the legislature.
‘A perfect storm for nobody to show up’: Why Alabama voters skipped the redistricting primary
Only a fraction of Alabama voters turned out this week to vote in an unusual second primary election, though more than half of the state’s congressional districts were on the ballot.
Election denier Tom Tiffany wins Wisconsin GOP nomination for governor
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R), an election denier and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination for Wisconsin governor, clearing the way for a high-stakes general election fight in a major swing state.
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice warns GOP against running out the clock on redistricting referendum
Missouri’s Supreme Court is already eyeing legal challenges to the state’s citizen-led redistricting referendum case – even before the first judge has had a chance to rule – warning lower courts not to dawdle.
Texas county defends plan to swap voting maps between primary and November election
A Texas county told the state Supreme Court it can change its voting maps between its primary and November general election — doubling down on what pro-voting plaintiffs warn could be replicated across the state to undermine the will of the voters.
Why Alabama is sending half of its voters back to the polls for a second primary election
Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts are casting votes again today in an unusual second primary as a consequence of the GOP’s 11th-hour gerrymander after the May primary had already begun.
Missouri Republicans go judge shopping to run out clock on redistricting referendum lawsuit
With the clock ticking toward a Sept. 8 deadline for Missouri courts to order changes to the November ballot, Republicans are reusing tried-and-true delay tactics in an attempt to kill a voter referendum on the GOP’s latest gerrymander.
A Texas county is quietly planning to swap voting maps between its primary and November election
In what could signal an alarming new precedent, a Texas county revealed it plans to move some local candidates to new districts under a revised map drafted between the primary and general elections.