Policies & Impacts
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Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Challenge to Post-Election Ballot Counting
The Supreme Court seemed receptive on Oct. 8 that a Republican congressman should be allowed to challenge an Illinois law that enables the counting of ballots for two weeks after […]
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Federal Judge Tosses Election Map Used for Mississippi Supreme Court
A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act. U.S. District […]
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Virginia’s Request to Dismiss Felon Voting Case
The Supreme Court on June 23 rejected Virginia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s lifetime voting ban on convicted felons. The new order in O’Bannon v. King took […]
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Supreme Court to Hear Congressman’s Challenge to State Ballot-Counting Law
The Supreme Court said on June 2 that it will consider a congressman’s challenge to an Illinois law that allows ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day to […]
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Lawmakers, State Officials Debate Trump’s Order on Election Integrity
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order titled “The Preserving and Protecting of the Integrity of American Elections” and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) were the topics at an […]
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Democratic State Attorneys General Sue Over Trump’s Voting Executive Order
A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on April 3 disputing President Donald Trump’s executive order that requires voters to verify they are U.S. citizens and […]
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Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Voting Rights Act Case
The Supreme Court on March 24 grappled with a much-litigated racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana involving two consolidated cases: Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais. Gerrymandering refers to the […]
