Yunior is a breaking news reporter from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting. He is passionate about civic education and engagement.
A federal appeals court overturned a ruling that had blocked key parts of Texas’ sweeping voter suppression law, allowing those provisions to remain in effect despite a lower court’s finding that they violated federal protections for voters with disabilities.
A Nebraska court Wednesday rejected the Republican National Committee’s lawsuit seeking to block certain U.S. citizens abroad from voting in the state, handing the national GOP another major loss in its escalating legal campaign against overseas voters. Lancaster County District Court Judge Ryan Post denied the RNC’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint […]
A voting rights group sued New Hampshire officials over the state’s new ban on student IDs for voting, arguing the GOP-backed law illegally discriminates against young voters and that the Republican secretary of state exceeded his authority by extending the restriction to voter registration.
After 21 federal district courts and one federal appeals court panel slapped down the Trump administration’s attempt to grab states’ unredacted voter rolls, the Justice Department’s response has been remarkably consistent: we understand civil rights-era voting law better than all these judges. The department keeps advancing essentially the same legal theory from courthouse to courthouse […]
A California court dealt Republicans a major defeat, rejecting their bid to soften the official description of an anti-voting measure and preserving ballot language warning that it would bar citizens from voting unless they present government-issued identification.
In some cases, Republicans have made their motivation clear: they believe that overseas voters are more likely to be Democrats.
Democratic senators are warning the Trump administration not to push states into conducting mass voter purges during the “quiet period” — the 90-day window before an election when federal law bars systematic removals.
Maryland lawmakers approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would clear a major legal obstacle to redrawing the state’s congressional map before 2028, giving voters the final say on whether Maryland can fight back against President Donald Trump’s expanding wave of GOP gerrymanders
The Republican-controlled North Carolina House approved two elections bills that would shorten early voting in key contests, make it easier to challenge ballots and reshape how voter disputes are handled — sending the measures to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a pro-GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new congressional map from appearing on the ballot in November.
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