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News Articles: voting stories

Voters cast their ballots in North Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 16, 2020. A new study says the turnout gap between white and nonwhite voters in the U.S. is growing fastest<em><strong> </strong></em>in jurisdictions that were stripped of a federal voting protection by a Supreme Court decision.

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Racial disparities in voter turnout have grown since Supreme Court ruling, study says

A new study finds that the gap between white and nonwhite voters is growing fastest in places that were stripped of federal civil rights-era voting protections by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
An election worker directs voters to a ballot drop-off location in 2020 in Portland, Ore. Oregon is among the states waiting for the Biden administration to greenlight plans to automatically register eligible voters when they apply to enroll in Medicaid.

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  • Elections

Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration

Officials in Oregon, Colorado and other states are waiting for Biden officials to approve plans to automatically register hundreds of thousands of eligible voters when they apply for Medicaid.

February 23, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
A voter leaves a polling booth at St. Anthony Community Center in Manchester, N.H., during the state's presidential primary on Jan. 23.

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  • Elections

Tech giants pledge action against deceptive AI in elections

Fears over how AI could be used to mislead voters are escalating in a year that will see hundreds of millions of people around the world cast ballots. As a result, tech giants are pledging action.

February 16, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Miles Parks
Voters wait to cast their ballots on Jan. 23 in Loudon, N.H. Shortly before voting began, some voters in the state got calls from a faked version of President Biden's voice urging them not to vote, a sign of the potential that deepfakes could have on the electoral process.

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  • News

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up

As AI-generated deepfakes are being used to spread false information in elections in the U.S. and around the world, policymakers, tech platforms and governments are trying to catch up.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Voters of color in Nassau County, N.Y., a segregated suburb of New York City, are waging an unprecedented redistricting fight under a state voting rights act, an emerging tool for protecting voting rights at the local level.

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  • Elections

A voting rights battle in a New York City suburb may lead to a national fight

In one of the most segregated U.S. regions — New York's suburbs — voters of color are waging an unprecedented redistricting fight with an emerging tool for protecting voting rights at the local level.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Supporters of former President Donald Trump arrive to hear him speak at a commit to caucus rally in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Nevada Republican Party is holding a caucus to determine who wins the state's GOP delegates — a contest that's two days after the state-run primary.

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  • Elections

Why Nevada has both a primary election and Republican caucus next week

The short answer for why the Nevada GOP is holding its own presidential caucus two days after the state-run primary election: Republicans don't like Nevada's new voting rules.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Activists take part in a voting rights protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2021.

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  • Elections

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act

A federal appeals court has denied a request to revisit a ruling that threatens to make it harder to enforce a key section of the Voting Rights Act, setting up a potential appeal to the Supreme Court.

January 30, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Friends Gloria Smith, left, and Venita Epps say working elections is important. "It is my passion and my duty as a citizen in Fulton County," Epps says.

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  • Elections

They watched 2 election workers face abuse, and it's compelling them to serve in 2024

Even though two 2020 election workers in Fulton County, Ga., endured an onslaught of threats and harassment following baseless fraud claims, people there are eager to serve as poll workers this year.

January 27, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of a special legislative session on Jan. 15 in Baton Rouge, La. Landry called the session so lawmakers could comply with a court order and create a new congressional map.

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  • Elections

After a court fight, Louisiana's new congressional map boosts Black political power

Louisiana's new congressional map is a win for Black voters and likely brings an end to the state's long-running legal battle over redistricting. It could also see Democrats gain a seat in Congress.

January 24, 2024
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By:
  • Molly Ryan
Malikiah Guillory, 19, stacks yard signs in Hooksett, N.H., on Wednesday, urging voters to write in President Biden's name on the Democratic primary ballot. Biden is skipping the New Hampshire primary because it didn't comply with party rules.

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  • Elections

New Hampshire is investigating a robocall that was made to sound like Biden

The New Hampshire attorney general is investigating recorded calls that appear to use a voice crafted to sound like President Biden to tell voters not to cast their ballot in the state's primary.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel gives a speech in 2023. The RNC is urging Republican voters to embrace early voting, even as conservative leaders continue to rail against the practice.

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  • Elections

The RNC wants Republicans to embrace early voting. Trump's rhetoric makes it tough

Republican officials want GOP voters to embrace the habit of early voting. But the Republican Party needs its voters to overcome a stigma created by Republicans.

January 18, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A precinct captain displays the Iowa Democratic Party caucus reporting app on his phone on Feb. 4, 2020. The app's technical difficulties marred Democrats' 2020 Iowa caucuses.

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  • Elections

Iowa Republicans will use an app to transmit caucus results. Sound familiar?

The state Republican Party is extremely confident the system will work Monday, but election experts can't help but notice parallels to Iowa Democrats' disastrous technology in 2020.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Stickers encouraging people to register to vote are available in the waiting room of the Native Health center in Phoenix.

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  • Elections

Advocates work to get Native American voters registered in the key state of Arizona

Ahead of 2024 elections, voting advocates in the swing state of Arizona are aiming to boost voter registration strategies for Native voters, as they still face barriers to the ballot.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A participant in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Peace Walk in Washington, D.C., holds a sign that says "PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS" in 2022.

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  • Elections

3 novel legal arguments by Republicans that threaten the Voting Rights Act in 2024

Republican state officials are advancing new legal arguments in the courts that threaten to erode the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in the election process.

January 06, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Anthony Pacheco, left, and James Woo work at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects 'coalition districts'

Democrats and civil rights groups in Georgia say Republicans' newly revised political maps still violate the Voting Rights Act. One key issue in this fight: so-called "coalition districts."

December 20, 2023
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  • Sam Gringlas
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