elections

Black voters in Alabama say Supreme Court decision dilutes their voting power

4:23pm February 09, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

African-American voters in Alabama say a Supreme Court decision dilutes their voting power. Republican leaders say race should not be the predominant factor for drawing congressional district lines.

A Trump supporter holds up a "no voter fraud" sign in Arizona in 2020. The accelerating far-right disinformation campaign about a national voter-verification system is taking its toll.

Politics & Government

Right-wing conspiracies have a new target: a tool that fights actual voter fraud

10:21am February 09, 2022

by Miles Parks

The bipartisan program — called ERIC — allows states to improve voting access and election security at the same time. But it's currently under attack from the far right.

Supreme Court blocks creation of 2nd majority-Black congressional district in Alabama

7:50pm February 07, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court edged toward a further erosion of the Voting Right act Monday, blocking for now a second majority-Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election.

Queue Listen Now

North Carolina's Supreme Court has rejected a congressional map that favored GOP

4:41pm February 07, 2022

by Steve Harrison

North Carolina Democrats have won a battle over the fairness of the state's congressional and state legislative maps. The state Supreme Court threw out maps that give the GOP the advantage.

Politics & Government

What a Civil War-era provision could mean for candidates accused of inciting violence

5:04pm February 06, 2022

North Carolina voters are challenging Rep. Madison Cawthorn's reelection eligibility. NPR's Michel Martin discusses why with Indiana University law professor Gerard Magliocca.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas.

Politics & Government

Post-Confederate law bars Jan. 6 speaker Rep. Cawthorn from office, challengers argue

12:50pm February 05, 2022

by Steve Harrison

The North Carolina Republican is accused of engaging in insurrection, which would make him ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment, which was intended to keep Confederates from holding office.

RNC censures Cheney and Kinzinger for their participation in Jan. 6 investigation

4:52pm February 04, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and in the censure document labeled the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol "legitimate political discourse."

Residents wait in line to vote outside of the Tippecanoe branch library on Oct. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis. Minimum standards for access to in-person early voting are one reform that both Republicans and Democrats have backed.

Politics & Government

There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like

9:27pm February 01, 2022

by Miles Parks

After failing to pass a voting rights bill, Democrats in Congress haven't made their next move clear. Bipartisan talks have begun over smaller measures that election experts still see as necessary.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Michigan state official says W.Va. comments go against 2022 misinformation fight

5:09pm January 30, 2022

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, responds to remarks made by West Virginia's Republican Secretary of State Mac Warner regarding the 2020 election.

Queue Listen Now

Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, represents the state's only Black-majority district in Congress. She's pictured here alongside Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, and Martin Luther King III, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2022.

Federal court says Alabama's congressional map disadvantages Black voters

5:43pm January 25, 2022

by Cody Short

Blocking the new congressional map from taking effect, a panel of judges says Alabama needs at least two, not one, congressional districts in which Black voters are the majority, or close to it.