voting stories

Voting rights groups challenging the state congressional map want the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a district that gave Black voters in one region the chance to elect their preferred candidate.

A fringe candidate who’s never been to Alaska and is currently in federal prison in New York is set to appear on the general election ballot for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, after a judge’s ruling.

Watchdog groups and pundits are sounding the alarm about the potential for mischief when it comes to certifying vote tallies, but election experts have confidence in the system’s guardrails.

Florida election officials say they’re working to “streamline” a process for formerly incarcerated people to figure out whether they’re eligible to vote. It’s something advocates have long asked for.

In dropping his presidential bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d seek to remove his name from about 10 battleground state ballots, but an NPR review finds it is likely not possible in certain states.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum is a reminder that voting by mail with absentee ballots in the U.S. goes back more than 160 years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court has for now granted a Republican request to require Arizona voters to submit proof of their U.S. citizenship when using the state’s registration form.

A new rule in Georgia could allow some local election boards to refuse to certify results, raising concerns ahead of November’s election in the crucial swing state.

Ahead of this year’s election, Republicans have been trying to stop some states — including swing state Nevada — from counting valid postmarked mail ballots that don’t arrive until after Election Day.

Maricopa County has been a hotbed of false election claims since 2020. Officials there have some changes planned this year to try to improve election administration and tamp down on misinformation.