While lawmakers in Austin continue to spar over an omnibus voting bill that would tighten voter restrictions, other voting laws are set to take effect Sept. 1.
Previously, those who had been convicted of a felony had to wait until the entire term of their sentence had been completed to have voting rights restored.
Sponsors of the early voting ballot initiative have started gathering signatures even though it is not clear their proposal will make the ballot even if they gather the required number of signatures.
Boston residents who fail to register by Wednesday will be unable to vote in next month's preliminary mayoral election, as bills authorizing people to register and vote on election day remain under legislative review.
Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said Wednesday that he won't be seeking to expand absentee-by-mail voting, increase the early voting period or enact a coronavirus emergency plan for the fall elections, amid the state's latest COVID-19 surge.
In Kansas, voter registration groups are suing to stop a new elections law. Some organizations have stopped doing voter drives for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.
An elections office in Southwest Florida is working to dispel lies when it comes to the 2020 presidential election. Even though it's been close to a year, misinformation continues to spread in Southwest Florida.
Councilman John Williams said Tuesday that the city of Mobile's election officers, led by Clerk Lisa Lambert, do not need Secretary of State employees monitoring the city's election.
Thanks to absentee ballots, drop-off boxes, and curbside voting, people with disabilities turned out in record numbers in the 2020 election. That’s likely to change.
Indiana was 1 of 9 states that used electronic voting machines during the 2020 election that did not have a verifiable paper trail in at least one of their jurisdictions.
It's county fair season across Kansas, but among the community group booths lined up alongside food vendors and livestock competitors, there is a noticeable absence: League of Women Voters volunteers with clipboards registering new voters.
About 95% of Georgia's citizen voting age population is registered to vote, according to data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission released this week. Georgia has one of the highest registration rates in the country.
The United States is becoming a land filled with "democracy deserts," where gerrymandering and voting restrictions are making voters powerless to make change, like in Wisconsin.
Some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., to deny the state House a quorum dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul.
