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A suppressive voter ID initiative in Massachusetts was stopped in its tracks yesterday after it fell more than 30,000 signatures short of the threshold needed to advance.
Newly proposed congressional legislation would achieve a landmark gain for voting rights by ending felony disenfranchisement in all federal elections.
The Georgia Legislature approved gerrymandered congressional and legislative maps this week after being ordered to draw new districts by a federal judge.
The governing body of the Maricopa County Republican Committee has adopted a resolution calling for the impeachment of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) after she indicted two county supervisors who delayed certification of the 2022 election results.
Wisconsin Senate Elections Committee Chairman Dan Knodl (R) and 10 Assembly Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the latest step in Republicans’ continued attacks on Wisconsin elections.
Georgia Republicans are one step closer to enacting new gerrymandered congressional and legislative maps, after the proposals each passed their first respective chambers.
Republicans in the Georgia Legislature released proposals this week for new legislative and congressional maps featuring additional Black-majority districts after being ordered to do so by a federal judge.
Two restrictive and dangerous proposed constitutional amendments faced setbacks this week after Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) rejected the proposals’ ballot titles and summaries.
The entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider its established Voting Rights Act precedent that permits distinct minority communities to be combined for the purposes of Section 2 vote dilution claims.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation last week that sets minimum language standards for proposed constitutional amendments.
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