Candidates bring up a criminal case that occurred on their opponent’s watch, and use it to attack them for being too lenient.

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to ...

Some 30 years ago, volunteers with Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign knocked on Patty Hernandez’s door in Denver.

A new Oklahoma law adds to a string of GOP-run states that have undercut direct democracy by piling on onerous new ...

After years of a near-full blockade on parole, Alabama is now releasing more people. But grants remain low, prisons are ...

Arizona Prop 139: On establishing a right to abortion access.: Yes: California: San Francisco Prop O: On shoring up local protections for abortion rights.: Yes: Colorado Amendment 79: On establishing ...

Who are the local and state officials responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections? On this page, Bolts maps out each state’s system.It lays out who is responsible for the different ...

The first federal elections of Trump’s new presidency are upon us, with two congressional races: one triggered by the resignation of Matt Gaetz during his ill-fated nomination for U.S. Attorney ...

Note: Officials who are part of the criminal legal system are also gate-keepers to voting. Most people in county jails remain eligible to vote, but the officials who run the jails (typically sheriffs) ...

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