Pennsylvania court throws out GOP lawsuit that sought to ban voting by mail
It's the latest lawsuit based on election lies repeated by former President Donald Trump that has failed in court.
By Emily Singer - June 29, 2023It's the latest lawsuit based on election lies repeated by former President Donald Trump that has failed in court.
By Emily Singer - June 29, 2023‘For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to vote,’ the White House said.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2022More restrictive ID laws will have a ‘disproportionately negative impact for trans voters,’ said Bobby Hoffman of the ACLU.
By Casey Quinlan - June 15, 2021‘Many of the restrictions being proposed by Republicans are effectively a product of their ignorance of the voting habits of their own constituents,’ said a former Arizona elections official.
By Associated Press - May 09, 2021This looks to be a new trend in voter suppression tactics coming from the GOP.
By Emily Singer - March 29, 2021Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to make it a felony to encourage absentee ballot applications.
By Emily Singer - March 15, 2021‘Why are they so afraid or intimidated by people exercising their constitutional right to vote?’ said Tennessee House Democratic Caucus Chair Vincent Dixie.
By Associated Press - March 09, 2021The effort showed how social media and other technology can be leveraged to spread misinformation so quickly that those trying to stop it cannot keep up.
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021As Republican-run states look to suppress the vote, Nevada proposes expanding voter access.
By Emily Singer - March 01, 2021Rep. Lauren Boebert is trying to water down the ‘For the People Act of 2021.’
By Emily Singer - February 26, 2021Efforts to suppress the vote after Donald Trump’s loss are racing through GOP-run state legislatures.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Sen. Tammy Duckworth is the latest congressional Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to fire the entire Postal Service board.
By Josh Israel - February 15, 2021Donald Trump has blamed everything from GOP governors to ‘massive dumps’ of votes — but not himself.
By Emily Singer - November 30, 2020He failed to persuade the judge that Donald Trump had somehow been robbed of the election.
By Associated Press - November 18, 2020Despite winning by a 10% margin, the South Carolina Republican senator says the system is rigged against the GOP.
By Josh Israel - November 10, 2020Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) seems to think voting is too easy.
By Tana Ganeva - November 05, 2020‘We found no violations of the rules whatsoever,’ the head of an international elections watchdog said.
By Associated Press - November 05, 2020The judge set a Wednesday hearing ‘to discuss the apparent lack of compliance with the court’s order.’
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020Despite Trump’s claims, most states will take days to weeks to finalize their ballot counts.
By Tana Ganeva - November 02, 2020The Republican plan to win the election is to not only suppress votes but keep them from being counted altogether.
By Emily Singer - October 29, 2020But Republicans are accusing Silicon Valley tech giants of ‘silencing’ him.
By Donna Provencher - October 29, 2020Vermont’s secretary of state blasted the Supreme Court’s latest ruling in a letter criticizing Brett Kavanaugh’s error-riddled opinion on mail-in ballots.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 29, 2020Trump said just last month that he wants to ‘get rid of the ballots.’
By Donna Provencher - October 28, 2020The 5-3 ruling against counting ballots not received by Election Day could disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2020They’re begging the court to block deadline extensions for mail-in voting during a pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - October 27, 2020Trump tweeted more false claims about the election.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2020Each state sets its own deadlines and processes for mail-in voting.
By Amy Lieu - October 25, 2020More than 21 million votes have already been cast in the 2020 election — with Democrats far outpacing Republicans.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020Asked by Sen. Amy Klobuchar whether voter intimidation was prohibited by federal law, Barrett declined to answer.
By Donna Provencher - October 13, 2020Steady traffic at early voting sites and strong returns of mailed-in ballots indicate an energized Black electorate.
By Associated Press - October 12, 2020