The Republic National Committee and President Trump’s re-election campaign sued the auditor of Johnson County, Iowa, for mailing prefilled absentee-ballot request forms to all registered voters in the county, though the Iowa secretary of state’s directive specifies that the forms must be mailed blank.
Read moreThe Montana Supreme Court ruled that the state’s political practices agency was justified in dismissing an ethics complaint that claimed the agency’s deputy made statements to a radio station that constituted election advocacy. The high court found that the statements could reasonably be interpreted as a defense of a state statute.
Read moreA federal court in Tennessee denied a motion to enjoin the state from enforcing an election law provision that prevents non-election officials from distributing absentee ballot-related forms.
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U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar was holding a comfortable lead over challenger Antone Melton-Meaux in the primary race for Minnesota’s Democratic 5th Congressional District Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles County’s rollout of a $300 million custom-made voting system this past March stalled voters at polling places for hours and left a lot of unanswered questions.
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A federal judge on Tuesday denied a voting rights group’s request for an order barring Georgia election officials from requiring voters to pay for their own postage to submit absentee ballots and ballot applications.
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Freshly spritzed with hand sanitizer, Minnesota voters headed to socially distanced polls Tuesday morning to vote in the state’s primary election, featuring several hotly contested races.
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The main opposition candidate in Belarus’ presidential election left the country Tuesday as demonstrators protested for a third night the results of what was widely viewed as a rigged election.
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A group of Illinois Republicans sued the state’s Democratic governor and others in federal court Monday over a law they claim is designed to expand voting by mail to dilute Republican votes and tilt elections in favor of Democrats, while also risking a spike in voter fraud.
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Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko warned Monday that the protesters who challenge the official vote results extending his 26-year rule will face a tough crackdown, deriding the opposition as “sheep” manipulated by foreign masters.
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Puerto Ricans demanded answers Monday after botched primaries forced officials to reschedule voting at centers lacking ballots, an unprecedented decision being called a blow to the U.S. territory’s democracy.
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A grand jury has indicted a Santa Clara County sheriff’s captain and three others for an alleged bribery scheme in which concealed firearm permits were traded for large donations to the sheriff’s reelection campaign.
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Suffering losses of $9 billion last year and on track to do worse in 2020, the postmaster general on Friday announced a reorganization of the service and a freeze on executive hiring amid the Covid-19 pandemic and an impending election.
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A top intelligence official said Friday that Russia is trying to boost President Donald Trump’s re-election chances by undermining his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, while China wants the former vice president to win because it sees Trump as unpredictable.
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Three longtime Republican senators who are key to the party’s grip on the Senate this fall are in trouble, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday.
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Vice President Mike Pence touted President Donald Trump’s evangelical bona fides during a visit to Florida on Wednesday, courting faith-based voters in the crucial swing state.
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Parties from Wisconsin to Washington argued in Madison federal court Wednesday over proposed changes to deadlines and rules for the November general election, as the fight over how to hold fair elections in the midst of an ongoing pandemic reignited from the safety of a videoconference.
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Six weeks and one federal ruling after Election Day, New York primaries yielded two big results Wednesday as the Board of Elections certified that a powerful congresswoman fended off a challenge and a gay candidate defeated a homophobic rival.
Read more(CN) — Following the trend of eye-raising political upsets by Progressive Democrats, Cori Bush has ended Lacy Clay’s reign as
Read moreThe 11th Circuit upheld Florida’s ballot access law, which requires minor parties to have either an affiliation with a national party or a petition signed by 1% of the state population in order to appear on the ballot.
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