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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2023. Both Kennedy's campaign and a super PAC supporting him are working to get the conspiracy theorist on state ballots around the country.

Politics & Government

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It won't be easy

5:01am March 13, 2024

by Ashley Lopez

To run for president as an independent candidate, conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. needs to get on ballots, a complicated and expensive state-by-state undertaking.

Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell, seen here at a South Carolina Republican Party event in 2022, has been circulating a memo laying out "the threat of non-citizen voting in 2024."

Politics & Government

Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history

5:00am March 13, 2024

by Miles Parks

The false notion that undocumented immigrants affect federal elections has a long history. But this year, due in part to rising migration at the U.S. southern border, the idea could have new potency.

Politics & Government

Some voters in Huntington Beach want to introduce voter ID for future elections

4:00pm March 05, 2024

by Jill Replogle

A conservative city in California wants to buck state law and introduce voter ID for its future elections.

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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 in jurisdictions that were stripped of a federal voting protection by a Supreme Court decision.

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

5:16am March 05, 2024

by Juliana Kim

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.

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.

Politics & Government

Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration

11:13am February 23, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

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.

A voter leaves a polling booth at St. Anthony Community Center in Manchester, N.H., during the state's presidential primary on Jan. 23.

Politics & Government

Tech giants pledge action against deceptive AI in elections

4:53pm February 16, 2024

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.

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.

Politics & Government

A local redistricting battle in a New York City suburb may lead to a national fight

6:30pm February 07, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

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.

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.

Politics & Government

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

5:00am February 01, 2024

by Ashley Lopez

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.

Activists take part in a voting rights protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2021.

Politics & Government

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

4:55pm January 30, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

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.

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.

Politics & Government

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

5:00am January 27, 2024

by Sam Gringlas

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.