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Recount of Wisconsin Judge Race Prompts Ballot Challenges
A widely watched recount is underway of the results of an election for circuit judge in Racine County, Wisconsin. The incumbent Circuit Court Judge Jon Fredrickson lost to challenger Jamie […]
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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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Judge Rejects California’s Attempt to Block City’s Voter ID Law
A California judge rejected the state’s attempts to shut down a conservative coastal city’s voter ID law April 7, ruling the city did not violate state elections law when voters […]
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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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Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Misdated or Undated Ballot Envelopes, Court Rules
A federal judge has ruled that Pennsylvania’s requirement for voters to date the outer envelope of their mail-in ballots is unconstitutional. In a March 31 decision, Judge Susan Paradise Baxter […]
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What to Know About Trump’s Order on Election Integrity
President Donald Trump, long a critic of U.S. election security, is taking steps to safeguard the vote against what he describes as “fraud, errors, or suspicion.” In a sweeping March […]
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DNC, Schumer Sue Trump Over Order Targeting Illegal Immigrant Voting
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and two top U.S. lawmakers on March 31 sued President Donald Trump over a recent executive order that aims to enforce the law against illegal […]
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Michigan Lawmakers Take Their Fight for Right to Regulate Elections to Supreme Court
A group of 11 Michigan lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to keep fighting in court to affirm their constitutionally specified powers to prescribe the conduct […]
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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 […]
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NYC’s Noncitizen Voting Law Nullified by State’s High Court
Noncitizen voting is unconstitutional in New York, the state’s high court ruled on March 20, striking down a New York City law that permitted noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. […]