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WASHINGTON — A conservative public policy advocate told a congressional panel Wednesday that charitable grants to fund local elections pose a risk of shifting votes toward liberal special interests. “We have allowed the private takeover of government election offices by... Read More
DENVER — In a decision sure to roil the 2024 presidential election, the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot after determining that he did indeed engage in insurrection on... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Bucking the wishes of the Democratic National Committee, New Hampshire’s secretary of state on Wednesday said the state’s presidential primaries will be held on Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of holding the first-in-the-nation primary. Speaking... Read More
ATLANTA — A federal judge tossed out Georgia’s congressional and state legislative district maps on Thursday, ordering that they be redrawn in time for use in the 2024 election. In an order that ran to 516 pages, U.S. District Judge... Read More
WASHINGTON — It’s admittedly a hypothetical question, but given the divisive rhetoric that has swirled around elections and politics in general since November 2020, it seemed worthwhile to put it to elections officials across the country anyway: Just what would... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed a sweeping Republican-backed elections bill Thursday, dismissing the legislation as “an all-out assault on the right to vote” and setting up a showdown with the Legislature. SB 747 would... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — Somewhere the gods of fried foods on a stick, butter cows and electoral politics are surely smiling. That’s because as of 9 a.m. local time Thursday morning, the gates will open to the 2023 edition of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The buzz around this fall’s general election is heating up in Virginia as Republicans try to stay in power. The general election on Nov. 7 will put all 100 seats in the House of Delegates and all 40... Read More
WASHINGTON — While the 2022 midterm elections will long be remembered as the contest in which the Republicans failed to gain decisive control of the U.S. House of Representatives, the GOP nevertheless prevailed when it came to winning the popular... Read More
WASHINGTON — The battle surrounding voting rights legislation is raging on as restrictive and expansive voting legislation is sweeping the country, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice, a left-leaning think tank and policy group. A webinar... Read More
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four student teams from three North Carolina universities recently prevailed where so many others have failed of late — coming up with several “innovative and impactful” and best of all, practicable ideas for how to restore... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears to be considering dropping the current term’s most consequential election case now that a ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court has likely rendered the justices’ opinion moot. The case, Moore v. Harper, tests... Read More
WASHINGTON — A slew of high-profile local elections are taking place across the nation on Tuesday, but perhaps none is bigger and being more closely watched than the race for a state Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin. Heading into Tuesday’s... Read More
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Oklahoma Senate is poised to consider a bill that would have state elections take place under different rules than federal contests if Congress were to mandate national election guidelines the state found onerous. The legislation,... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is a signature away from removing a student ID issued by a high school, college or university from the list of acceptable forms of identification to vote in elections in the state. Last week, the Republican-controlled... Read More
WASHINGTON — If states are serious about the integrity of their elections, they should dramatically increase protections for election workers and do everything they can to ensure the transparency of the process. That’s the overriding advice of the NewDEAL Forum,... Read More
LANSING, Mich. — It was a turn of events that simply demanded one sit up and take notice. On Sunday morning, Jan. 1, Chad Livengood, politics editor and columnist at The Detroit News, tweeted, “As of this morning, there are... Read More
WASHINGTON — A clear majority of justices — cutting across the Supreme Court’s ideological spectrum — appeared to be skeptical on Wednesday of a legal theory that could give state legislatures unchecked power over federal election-related matters. As previously reported... Read More
OAHU, Hawaii — Unlike in Iowa, Pennsylvania or any one of a number of other states critical to the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections, campaign signs sit beneath swaying palm trees as voters turn out to cast their ballot... Read More
WASHINGTON — For months talk of the 2022 midterms has centered on who will control the House and Senate, and how the outcome will shape the remainder of President Joe Biden’s current term in office. The focus was no different... Read More
WASHINGTON — Disputes over voter integrity are carrying over to lawsuits leading up to the Nov. 8 midterm election on how each state performs its constitutional duty to ensure politicians are fairly elected. Most of the roughly 100 lawsuits challenge... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The roar resounded through the Riverview building of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on the banks of the Potomac River. There was no air of threat about it, but one could imagine any number... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — State Attorney General John Formella announced Tuesday that he will appoint an election monitor to oversee the state’s Sept. 13 primary elections after an investigation revealed a pattern of apparent mistakes made in past contests. The events... Read More
WASHINGTON —The summer of 2022 has shaped up to be a season of discontent for those who consider themselves climate activists and fans of the environment. It began three weeks ago, when a majority of justices in the U.S. Supreme... Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators proposed new legislation on Wednesday that would update the 135-year-old Electoral Count Act and prevent future attempts to meddle with the outcome of a federal election like those that played out after the... Read More
WASHINGTON — This week will see yet another post-COVID “Super Tuesday” unfold as voters in five states — New York, Illinois, Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah head to the polls. New York In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — Almost 370,000 ballots have been cast ahead of North Carolina’s May 17 primaries that will pit candidates against each other for the House, Senate, state Supreme Court and appellate courts. As of May 12, a total of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a warning to election and other state and local government officials about invoice-themed phishing emails that could be used to harvest officials’ login information. If successful, the agency warned in a “Private... Read More
Election officials preparing for this year's midterms have yet another security concern to add to an already long list that includes death threats, disinformation, ransomware and cyberattacks — threats from within. In a handful of states, authorities are investigating whether... Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland held a virtual discussion with a bipartisan group of election officials on Wednesday, providing them with an update on the threats that have been investigated and addressed in the past several weeks. Among... Read More