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The United States Postal Service (USPS) finalized a rule on postmarks to reflect changes in its mail pickup processes that could cause an uptick in blown deadlines for documents sent by post, including mail-in ballots.
From redistricting to President Donald Trump’s executive power grab to the Justice Department’s war on voting and beyond, these top-visited stories highlight the issues that defined democracy in 2025.
Missourians filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a court to stop the state from using its new congressional map until voters have the chance to approve or reject the measure in a referendum.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a potentially monumental case next year about whether a mail ballot must be received by Election Day to count. Though a ruling is still months away, the case has already led at least one state to scrap its grace period thanks to the uncertainty of how the court will rule.
Eric Neff replaces Maureen Riordan as acting chief of DOJ’s voting section.
Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters.
This week, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) broke new ground in its dangerous campaign to take control of elections and promote baseless conspiracy theories about voting. And we tracked them every step of the way.
As a GOP activist, Harmeet Dhillon frequently insisted that the federal government has “little to say” about how states run their elections. Now, as head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), she claims the feds have “sweeping” authority to seize state voter rolls.
It’s the latest example of DOJ hiring a lawyer for its voting section with a record of promoting false conspiracy theories about voting.
DOJ has now sued a total of 18 states for access to sensitive voter data.