A federal district court ruled that the new map drawn by the state legislature violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the Black vote. A group of conservatives challenged the legislature’s map.
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Some cities allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. Their turnout is quite low
Some cities, like three in Vermont, allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. In these places, noncitizen turnout has remained low, as noncitizen voting is a contentious national issue.
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Republicans in Congress are trying to reshape election maps by excluding noncitizens
There’s growing support from Republicans in Congress for excluding non-U.S. citizens from a special census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state.”
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Meadows, Giuliani, 11 ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona
A grand jury in Arizona has indicted a slew of Trump allies for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. Arizona is now the fourth state where “fake electors” face charges.
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Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits
The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it’s accused of promoting.
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New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn’t see a dime
Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn’t go as planned.
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Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access
Some states make it much easier to get on the ballot as a minor-party presidential candidate, compared with running as an independent. That’s why RFK Jr. and Cornel West have made their own parties.
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Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It’s already illegal
The reality is noncitizens are already banned from voting in federal elections and numerous studies have found that it almost never happens.
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The most detailed look yet at the ‘exodus’ of local voting officials
A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.
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Georgia lawmakers pass new election rules that could impact 2024 presidential contest
Republicans in Georgia have repeatedly floated election changes in the wake of false claims by former President Donald Trump and other Republicans that he lost Georgia in 2020 because of fraud.
