Vetoes affect ranked choice voting and voting rights lawsuits

New Hampshire lawmakers are inching closer to creating a statewide election portal, a bipartisan proposal that would allow residents to register to vote online.

A Republican state representative wants to completely invalidate the votes of Arizonans in the upcoming presidential election as a bargaining tool to force Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs to agree to a Republican wishlist of election reforms.

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris called on Georgia voting rights advocates and elected officials to continue to fight for expanded access to the ballot box as the election cycle gears up for this November’s presidential election.

The 10 Wisconsin Republicans who posed as electors for President Donald Trump in 2020 even though he had lost the election settled a lawsuit against them Wednesday, acknowledging their actions were part of an effort to overturn the election results. 

Last week, New Hampshire’s Supreme Court followed suit. In a 3-2 decision, the court found that the state’s courts also do not have the authority to overturn legislative maps accused of partisan gerrymandering.

Lawsuits based on false claims about voting equipment could delay millions of dollars in cost of living increases for retired teachers expected to arrive in January. The lawsuits also threaten to hold up state property tax cuts for homeowners — arguably Republicans’ signature policy achievement this year. Voters widely approved both policies this fall. Now Texas lawmakers are scrambling in hopes of preventing further delays

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Republicans claim state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s previous criticism of the state’s legislative maps should disqualify her from hearing the case.

After Republicans pushed to reduce early voting options, the Republican National Committee is now encouraging supporters to 'bank your vote' before Election Day.

'The map issue is really kind of easy, actually,' Justice Janet Protasiewicz said during a candidate debate. 'I don’t think anybody thinks those maps are fair. Anybody.'

State Sen. Robby Mills later introduced a second successful bill that limits which forms of voter ID are acceptable in Kentucky.

The Supreme Court ordered Alabama to draw two majority-Black voting districts, but the Republican-controlled Legislature only drew one.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is now pushing Republicans to vote early in the November elections.

Voting rights leaders and litigators met in Birmingham to mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which has affected voting rights in the Deep South and beyond.

It's the latest lawsuit based on election lies repeated by former President Donald Trump that has failed in court.

The ACLU is suing the Virginia governor for automatically disqualifying people who complete felony prison sentences from voting.

Kristina Karamo had sought to block Detroit residents from voting by mail in 2022.

Virginia Republicans have pushed to make it harder to vote and to keep former felons from regaining their rights.

Since the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, political spending and dark money in elections have soared to record highs.

The court will have the final say in cases that could determine the 2024 election rules and the fate of the state’s 1849 abortion ban.

Janet Protasiewicz and Daniel Kelly fought over their records on decisive issues that the court could rule on in the coming years, such as abortion and redistricting.

Four states — California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont — voted in favor of abortion rights in November 2022, joining voters in Kansas that did the same in August.

Court documents show Fox News executives pushing for the network to help Republican Party candidates win elections in multiple cycles.

The director of Common Cause Wisconsin, a government reform advocacy organization, says that the April Supreme Court election carries massive implications for democracy in the state and nationally.

Republicans in Wisconsin have tried to enact several voter suppression policies in recent years.

The fight for fair maps is about unlocking democracy for all Wisconsinites.

Memphis Police released footage on Friday of Nichols’ violent beating by several officers that preceded his death on Jan. 10.

A failed Republican state legislative candidate in New Mexico was arrested after he allegedly orchestrated a series of shootings at the homes of Democratic officials.

A three judge panel ruled that the state’s first congressional district was drawn to dilute the power of Black voters.