How Thousands of Already Cast Florida Ballots Could Be Tossed Aside Without Voters Knowing
Rejected mail-in ballots sit in a box as members of the canvassing board verify signatures at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since moving to Florida in 2007, Paul Cauchi has voted in person in his Miami-Dade…
Kris Kobach’s Kansas Voter ID Law Could Make Him Governor in a Tight Race
President Donald Trump greets Republican candidate for Kansas governor Kris Kobach during a campaign rally on October 6 in Topeka.Charlie Riedel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jessica Jones, a 32-year-old mother of four from Wichita, Kansas, showed up at her polling place to vote in 2012, 2016, and 2017, but…
It Could Take Weeks to Find Out If Democrats Won the House
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember this? Alan Diaz / APIf you’ve been nervously counting down the days until the November 6 election, we’ve got some bad news for you: You might have to wait quite a bit longer before you know who will control the House. That’s because roughly…
Supreme Court Rules That Commerce Secretary Won’t Have to Answer Questions in Key Census Case
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Aug. 27, 2018.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will not have to testify under oath about why he added a controversial question about US citizenship to the 2020 census, after the…
How Democrats Could Beat Back Voter Suppression at the Ballot Box
Voters wait in line for ballots at the Polk County Election office on the first day of early voting for the Iowa general election on October 8 in Des Moines. Charlie Neibergall/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Deidre DeJear announced her candidacy for Iowa secretary of state last August, on the…
Senate Confirmation Appears Likely for Two More Judges Hostile Toward Abortion
Chad A. Readler, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, is sworn in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on October 10, 2018.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two appeals court nominees with strong anti-choice histories are likely to become the…