voting stories

Black voters in Florida could regain a congressional district where they make up a sizable share of the population, if voting rights groups prevail in an ongoing legal battle.

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

More states are adopting policies to increase voter registration, including for young people. Those policies include automatic voter registration and pre-registration before age 18.

Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled. The state plans to appeal.

Matthew DePerno, the most recent Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy.

Alabama lawmakers refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court has used an obscure legal idea to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, forcing some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject the most extreme version of the "independent state legislature theory" is expected to bring some stability to the 2024 elections — and invite more lawsuits.

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

Disability and voting rights advocates are asking a federal court to block a measure in Mississippi, set to go into effect next week, that Republican backers say cracks down on "ballot harvesting."