Ten Florida men with felony convictions have been charged with voter fraud because prosecutors say they registered and voted illegally. Critics say the punishments are unfair.
Governor Gavin Newsom will remain in office, but GOP attempts to undermine elections aren’t going anywhere.
It didn’t start with Donald Trump.
How a small rural county’s petty political feuds could shape the next Congress.
Mississippi Sec. Of State Refuses To Turn Over Voter Data And Tells Trump To Go Jump In The Gulf
Lacking even the veneer of bipartisanship, the Kobach Commission represents an assault on basic voting rights.
Trump’s rigged election lies distract from the real threat to American democracy. You’re more likely to be struck by lightning than impersonate another voter at the polls. The real danger to American democracy stems from GOP efforts to make it harder to vote.
Tuesday voters flooded to the polls and caucuses in Arizona, Idaho and Utah. Hillary Clinton won Arizona, but Sanders gained in the delegate count by swamping her in the Idaho and Utah caucuses, generating turnouts that overwhelmed caucus sites. Arizona lines were so long because election officials in Phoenix's Maricopa County, the largest in the state, reduced the number of polling places by 70 percent from 2012 to 2016, to just one polling place per every 21,000 voters
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