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Election officials in Newport News, Va., examine ballots during a recount for a House of Delegates race on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.

A Single Vote Has Flipped Control Of Virginia's House Of Delegates

6:11pm December 19, 2017

That one vote means that Republicans will have to share control of the state's lower house with Democrats for the first time in 17 years. Democrats say they'll use the victory to expand Medicaid.

Politics & Government

Judge Denies North Carolina's Challenge Of Election Software

10:50am November 07, 2017

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Politics & Government

A Single Vote Can Sway An Off-Year Election, Study Finds

7:47am October 24, 2017

by Paul Garber

Wondering if your vote really counts in the upcoming municipal elections? There's a new study that says the answer is a definite “yes.”

Daily News

Study: Fake News Tweets Flooded North Carolina Before Presidential Election

10:29am September 29, 2017

by Sean Bueter

New analysis from the University of Oxford shows Twitter was swamped with fake news during the 2016 presidential campaign, and that bad information was especially prevalent in key states like North

Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, left, and Vice President Pence at the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, in July.

Trump's Voting Commission Embroiled In New Controversy Ahead Of Next Meeting

8:01am September 12, 2017

by Pam Fessler

Ahead of a meeting in New Hampshire, the panel's co-chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, made questionable claims that the state allowed nonresidents to vote last year.

Politics & Government

General Assembly Approves Redistricting Maps, Now They Head To Court

5:03pm August 30, 2017

by Associated Press

North Carolina legislators have completed the remapping of House and Senate districts, required by a court order to be completed by later this week.

Politics & Government

Judges: No Special Elections For Redrawn North Carolina Districts

10:48am August 01, 2017

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Federal judges on Monday rejected a request by North Carolina voters who sued over General Assembly district boundaries to hold special elections next March in new districts once lines are redrawn

Voters at an elementary school in Provo, Utah on Nov. 8, 2016.

Timeline: Foreign Efforts To Hack State Election Systems And How Officials Responded

9:35am July 31, 2017

by Pam Fessler

For all the focus in 2016 on the cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, less attention was paid to what was happening in the states.

President Trump speaks while flanked by Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach (left) and Vice President Pence during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in Washington, D.C., onÂ Wednesday.

Talk Of Voter Fraud Dominates First Meeting Of Election Integrity Commission

6:33pm July 19, 2017

"One has to wonder what they're worried about," President Trump said of states that haven't shared data with the commission. "There's something, there always is."

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach with then-President-elect Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., in November 2016. Kobach was tapped by Trump as vice chair of a commission on election integrity that's been beset with contr

Amid Skepticism And Scrutiny, Election Integrity Commission Holds First Meeting

4:56am July 19, 2017

by Pam Fessler

The panel has faced credibility problems right from the start and the concerns have only grown after it asked all 50 states to send detailed voter registration records.