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Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. Unlike in many other states, Missouri voters have the power to change the state constitution by gathering signatures to put a ballot measure to […]
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.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) appears to be calling President Donald Trump’s bluff as the White House doubles down on political threats to get parts of his sweeping anti-voting agenda into law.
A North Carolina Senate committee greenlit new voter suppression measures Tuesday, moving forward a bill that would make it easier to purge voters from the rolls.
Republicans asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit against Florida’s new requirement that voters prove their citizenship before they can cast a ballot.
In a voting rights victory, the Kansas Court of Appeals rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) emergency bid to reinstate a rule that could have thrown out lawfully cast mail ballots.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Thune addressed Trump’s most recent demand that Republicans forgo the legislative roadblock and upcoming recess in favor of pushing his sweeping anti-voting bill through the finish line — an endeavor that’s been unsuccessful without a 60-vote supermajority.
President Donald Trump posted a rambling paragraph to his social media platform Monday, demanding that U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) get rid of the filibuster for a “full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wants the senate to skip its upcoming recess in hopes of passing the anti-voting SAVE America Act.