Voting

The fight for voting rights intensifies as the nation marks one year since John Lewis died

The fight for voting rights intensified this week with a Black woman lawmaker being arrested while protesting, Texas House Democrats fleeing the state to block Republicans from passing voter restrictions, and Black civil rights leaders blasting President Joe Biden for falling short of their demand to discuss ending the filibuster in his speech.

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Senate Democrats take their case for voting bill to Georgia

Taking their case for a federal voting bill to Georgia, Senate Democrats argued at a field hearing on Monday that their sweeping elections measure is desperately needed to counter the impact of new GOP state laws that tighten voting rules.

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Wausau, Wis. switches to digital poll books

Voters can expect to spend less time at the polls by using Badger Books, which will allow a more efficient and secure way for people to sign in or register to vote.

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N.C. commission buys voting machines

The Raleigh County Clerk's Office will have 350 new voting machines in time for the next election, following a vote by Raleigh Commission at the regular meeting on Tuesday.

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Texas Senate Democrats vow to block ‘Jim Crow-style’ GOP elections bills any way they can

Two weeks after Texas House Democrats left the state to block a Republican-pushed elections overhaul bill, Democrats in the state Senate are explaining what they're doing back in Austin to do the same.

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GOP defending voter ID laws in Texas ad campaign

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has launched an ad campaign aimed at pushing back on Texas Democrats' opposition to recent GOP-backed efforts to expand voter ID requirements for those casting mail-in ballots in elections.

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Pa. Republicans are bringing their election bill back after Gov. Tom Wolf said he’s open to voter ID changes

Wolf had said changes to the state’s voter ID rules were a nonstarter. But he shifted that position this week after vetoing the Republican-passed bill.

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Mich. clerks are publicly testing voting machines, so you can understand how they work

Clerks across Kent County are publicly testing voting equipment ahead of the August election.

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Secretary of State Adams discusses duties, revisions in Kentucky's elections

Revisions of Kentucky's voting processes over the past year is serving as the model for at least two other states.

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Georgia's New Voting Law Takes The Stage Again As Rules Are Tightened

During a panel discussion, state lawmakers from Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida discussed how they’ve fought against restrictive elections measures introduced and passed in their legislatures.

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Sparse Voter-Fraud Cases Undercut Claims of Widespread Abuses

Prosecutors across the country found evidence of voter fraud compelling enough to take to court about 200 times since the November 2018 elections, according to a 50-state Bloomberg canvass of state officials.

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Biden says he doesn't want voting rights 'wrapped up' in filibuster debate

President Biden on Wednesday pushed back on calls from some progressives to do away with the filibuster or making an exception for voting rights legislation, even as he called efforts by Republican state legislatures to restrict ballot access "Jim Crow on steroids."

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Personal threats, election lies and punishing new laws rattle election officials, raising fears of a mass exodus

Maribeth Witzel-Behl had run elections in Madison, Wisconsin, for 15 years when the 2020 election arrived, bringing challenges like no other: a global pandemic, a crushing workload, lawsuits and a recount.

Then the threats started.

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Texas man arrested on illegal voting charges after casting ballot on parole

A Texas man who went viral on social media last year for waiting more than six hours in line to cast his ballot in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary was arrested this week under a state law that prohibits convicted felons from voting while on parole.

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What happens to your ballot after you vote in Washington?

Here's what happens after you leave your ballot in the drop box.

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Texas Senate Republicans talk about approval of their elections bill

The Texas Senate Republican Caucus held a news conference Wednesday morning regarding its controversial elections bill.

The bill has caused a huge rift within the House and Senate, compelling Democrats to break quorum during the special legislative session and go to Washington, D.C. in an effort to get election-related bills passed at the federal level.

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Young voters in Texas protest restrictive new voting laws: 'Angry and affected'

Young voters and voting rights activists in Texas are protesting potential restrictive new voting laws in the state.

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The Battle Over State Voting Rights Is About the Future of Texas

The current skirmish is the latest in a tug of war being waged between the state’s increasingly Democratic cities and its deeply conservative rural areas.

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