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A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. In a decision issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, denied Republicans’ […]
The Republican National Committee (RNC) backed Indiana’s law banning the use of student IDs for voting, filing a brief Thursday urging the court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the law.
Indiana’s bid to make it harder for college students to vote is being challenged in court.
Indiana officials are asking the federal government to verify the citizenship of over half a million voters, including voters who are living overseas.
Purdue University in Indiana will not have an Election Day polling place this year. The Tippecanoe County Election Board decided not to hold one, even though the campus has had one during the last four presidential elections.
Election officials across the country are urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) to fix what they’ve identified as significant issues with mail delivery that could impact voting in the Nov. 5 election.
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
In a new brief, nine Republican secretaries of state are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case out of Pennsylvania pushing the independent state legislature theory, a radical legal theory that could upend American elections.
Attorney General Theodore Rokita is the latest Republican official to join the chorus of Republicans in the 11th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th circuits arguing that private parties cannot sue under the Voting Rights Act.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed a bill on Monday that makes it easier for state and local election officials to remove people from voter rolls.
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