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News Articles: voting stories

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Elections

How the Republican presidential candidates view Jan. 6, democracy and voting issues

Here's where the current notable GOP hopefuls, including Donald Trump, stand on issues of democracy and election integrity.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks,
  • Ashley Lopez,
  • and 2 more
Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald announces then-President Donald Trump before he speaks at the party's convention on June 23, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada

A Nevada grand jury indicted six individuals who submitted documents falsely attesting that they were the state's official presidential electors, and that Donald Trump won Nevada in the 2020 election.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • NPR's Washington Desk
A precinct worker reaches for more "I Voted" stickers on Nov. 7 in Jackson, Miss. A few polling places in Jackson's Hinds County saw ballot shortages during this year's statewide general election, frustrating voters.

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  • Elections

Ballot shortages are rare in U.S. elections, but here's why they sometimes happen

Sometimes polling places run out of ballots for voters. It's rare, but it happens. It happened in Mississippi earlier this month, causing serious issues for voters. Here's a look at why it happens.

November 30, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd face felony charges for refusing to meet Arizona's deadline for certifying 2022 election results.

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  • Elections

Arizona GOP county officials face charges after refusing to certify election on time

Republican officials of Arizona's Cochise County face criminal charges after they risked more than 47,000 people's votes for the 2022 midterm elections by refusing to certify them by the deadline.

November 29, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
The Georgia Capitol is seen on Aug. 27, 2022, in front of the Atlanta skyline. State lawmakers will gather Wednesday to start work on new political district maps.

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  • Elections

Georgia lawmakers gather for a judge-ordered assignment: Make new voting maps

A special legislative session begins in Georgia to redraw the state's political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of Black voters.

November 29, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
An election worker continues the process of counting ballots for the 2022 Pennsylvania primary election in Mercer, Pa.

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  • Elections

Judge says 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots should count, setting up a likely appeal

A federal judge says mailed ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters should be counted. The case is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Demonstrators hold up large cut-out letters spelling "VOTING RIGHTS" at a 2021 rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act

Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz has refused Republican calls to recuse herself from a redistricting case for calling the state's legislative maps "rigged" while campaigning.

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  • Elections

A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Chuck Quirmbach
A perimeter fence surrounds the U.S. Capitol in February ahead of President Biden's State of the Union speech in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

Many voters say Congress is broken. Could proportional representation fix it?

With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that advocates say could better reflect the country's diversity.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
A voter fills out a ballot in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. Federal and local officials have worked closely with researchers to track rumors and conspiracy theories in recent elections but that cooperation is fading under pressure from conservatives.

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  • Elections

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

Experts say a right-wing campaign has cast efforts to combat rumors and conspiracy theories as censorship. As a result, they say, the tools to tamp down on election falsehoods have been scaled back.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Miles Parks
A person walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans in 2015.

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  • Elections

An appeals court sets a January deadline for a new Louisiana congressional map

A federal appeals court is giving Louisiana's GOP-led legislature until mid-January to draw a new congressional map to replace one found likely to violate federal law by diluting Black voters' power.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
The FBI and postal inspectors are investigating letters — some containing fentanyl — sent to election offices in at least five states.

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  • Elections

Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Leslie Collier, a Republican, is the county clerk in Lewis County, Ky. Her local board of elections consolidated 14 precinct-based voting locations in favor of just four countywide vote centers.

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  • Elections

Many Kentucky counties are consolidating polling sites, raising concerns about access

Many Kentucky residents may have to vote somewhere new in this year's elections. That's because dozens of counties have consolidated polling places — a move that's raised concerns about ballot access.

November 05, 2023
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By:
  • Justin Hicks
Congressional term limits are really popular with voters. With experts, not so much.

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  • Elections

Term limits for Congress are wildly popular. But most experts say they'd be a bad idea

It's no secret Americans have a negative view of Congress. And that frustration has led to some renewed interest in setting term limits for lawmakers, though it's an idea broadly opposed by experts.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A voter marks her ballot during early voting, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 election

A judge is ordering Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps after finding the current maps illegally discriminate against Black voters.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
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