Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on ...

On Sunday, coming up on his last full week in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stood at the lectern of the New Hope ...

Courts are set to decide a host of cases that will determine the fate of the VRA, confront the latest restrictions on direct ...

Welcome to 2026, a busy election cycle that’ll determine control of Congress, thousands of prosecutors and sheriffs, and the ...

This article is part of Bolts’ ongoing coverage of the threats faced by the Voting Rights Act. It is published in partnership with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit newsroom that covers ...

Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an ...

The grant helps fund a law enforcement center that’s drawn criticism over privacy and over data-sharing with ICE. It would also come with new strings to spend money on border control. The post Bid to ...

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A petition circulator holds a sign to recall a San Francisco supervisor. The election is set for September. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Welcome to the month of recall elections.

Seattle is poised to continue its experiment in public campaign financing. Voters on Tuesday renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 ...