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Amid Threats to Workers and Voters, States Move to Restrict Guns at Voting Sites
At least 6 states have introduced laws this year to ban firearms at polling sites or expand existing restrictions.
Millions of Voters Navigate New Voting Rules on Super Tuesday
New photo ID rules and other changes vary widely between individual states, districts and even polling locations.
Native Americans Are Fighting to Tear Down Barriers That Suppress Their Votes
As Native Americans have flexed their political power, some states have tried to erect obstacles to voting.
Voters Don’t Have a Voice in Governance. Citizen Assemblies Could Be the Answer.
What will it take for U.S. politicians to provide outlets for a consequential voice to citizens between elections?
Republicans Are Making It Harder to Pass Citizen-Led Ballot Measures on Abortion
Abortion advocates say the current anti-ballot measure efforts are taking on a renewed pace and ferocity.
Southern Lawmakers Devise Discriminatory Measures That Undermine Disabled Voters
Advocates are challenging efforts to implement voting policies that make it harder for disabled people to cast a ballot.
Oregon Legislature Advances Ballot Question on Ranked-Choice Voting
Two states currently have ranked-choice voting for statewide elections. That number could double by next fall.
A 2023 Wave of “Election Subversion” Bills Threatens 2024 Results
Legislation in 38 states would set conditions for the kind of “chaos and delay” that Trump exploited in 2020.
Republicans Attack Abortion Rights Ballot Initiatives in Several States
At least 139 bills that would impact the ballot initiative process have been introduced in state legislatures this year.
Fox Was Not Required to Retract Its Election Lies Under Dominion Settlement
The 11th-hour settlement for $787.5 million could also mean a tax write-off as large as $213 million for Fox.