Oak Grove, Minnesota, has petitioned the state Supreme Court to settle a dispute with Anoka County over which of the two jurisdictions can designate the use of electronic voter rosters — as opposed to paper rosters — in county, state and federal elections held at Oak Grove’s polling places. Anoka County has mandated all precincts in […]

The city of Columbus has joined a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy conditioning anti-terrorism funding on changes to local election administration. The Trump administration wants to impose new proof of citizenship requirements, broader post-election audits, and a shift to hand-marked paper ballots. Those changes align with provisions in the Save America Act and the […]

Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Carey’s constituents are speaking out against Congress’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, and education.  More than a dozen people recently protested outside Carey’s Columbus office as part of the Center for Popular Democracy’s national “Care Over Cruelty” August Recess Month of Action.  The event was also hosted […]

(The Center Square) – State Sen. Aisha Wahab continues to enjoy a small lead over Bay Area Rapid Transit board member Melissa Hernandez in the race for California’s 14th Congressional District.

Primary voters have not removed any of the Alaska Legislature’s incumbent lawmakers, according to preliminary, incomplete vote tallies published late Tuesday by the Alaska Division of Elections. Of the 40 state House and 10 state Senate races on ballots across the state, only five had more than four candidates.  That matters because the top four […]

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Mary Peltola advanced to November's general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska's crucial race to determine control of the upper chamber. 

This article is developing and will be updated. Early tallies from Tuesday’s statewide primary election showed overwhelming support for a ballot measure that will restrict the amount of money that political candidates can accept from groups and individuals. With 242 of 403 precincts reporting by 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Ballot Measure 1 had the support […]