Justin Heap’s office initially claimed he had no text messages to share, and then said they got lost in a damaged phone.

“It takes leadership from both sides to have cooler heads and to actually look at what’s really happening,” says a Republican official in a predominantly Democratic city.

After years of back-and-forth court rulings, voters may soon get clarity on whether they need to put the date on their ballots.

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Experts say the claim for monetary compensation as a remedy for a voting rights violation is increasingly rare — and unlikely to succeed.

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Lawmakers hope to unite on a proposal that would speed up election results and reduce opportunities for misinformation.

The panel backed another rule from the secretary of state on enforcing the timeline for certifying results.

Supervisor Tom Crosby is awaiting trial for his role in delaying the county’s certification of 2022 election results. He proposed getting the federal government involved.

Military voters can use a new online portal to submit their ballots, but others living overseas still have to use the mail.

The announcement that ERIC played a role comes amid broader questions about the merits of the program, which many Republican-led states quit in recent years.

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Republican lawmakers are threatening to again sue Adrian Fontes if he doesn’t change rules on citizenship checks, ballot counting, and early voting.

The League of Women Voters and other civic groups are shut out of USCIS naturalization ceremonies. But their voter registration work continues at other sites.

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Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.

The bill aims to address a flurry of misinformation from activists around the country that has clouded the state’s elections.

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The contests have become more partisan following court battles over mail voting and redistricting.

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The announcement that ERIC played a role comes amid broader questions about the merits of the program, which many Republican-led states quit in recent years.

Judge Kristen Simmons said those accused had no intent to defraud.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says that if cuts go through, it will mean local clerks — and local taxpayers — will have to bear more of the burden.

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The state attorney general said these voters should retain their full rights, even if they don’t provide proof of citizenship. But two large counties aren’t following that guidance.

President Donald Trump is promising another executive order on elections — this time to make voter ID a national requirement.

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New Cochise County supervisors say they want more clarity on the laws — even if it means inviting a court battle with the state.

Everyone agrees that a “clean” voter list is good practice. But people differ on how aggressively election officials should work to remove potentially ineligible voters.

Charges have been dismissed against five other people originally charged in the Macomb County case.

The state was prepared to share the data last week, but had trouble figuring out how to actually do so.

The contests have become more partisan following court battles over mail voting and redistricting.

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After a ban on barcodes, three counties are getting rid of touchscreen voting machines and having voters mark their ballots by hand.

Whitmer’s call means voters in the district will go to the polls four times in 2026, a heavy burden on clerks.

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A bill to overcome a court hurdle passed the Legislature after a proposed constitutional amendment fell short.

The new maps destroy majority-minority districts and fail to account for growth in Latino population, the plaintiffs allege.

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Heather Honey is listed as a deputy assistant secretary at the department.

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The files are “ready to go over” to the feds, said a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of State. “It seems strange that they’re not prepared to help us.”

The policy has been the subject of a back-and-forth court battle in Pennsylvania over burdens on voting. A panel of federal appeals court judges said enforcing it is unconstitutional.

After a conservative activist’s social media post suggested that they were up to something, the Benedictine Sisters of Erie decided to speak out.

Voters would not be allowed to cast a ballot based on an address updated at the polls, under a bill pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

The data shapes political representation, but it also drives decisions in funding, infrastructure, business, and emergency planning. Altering how it’s collected could undermine all of that.

Republicans invested heavily in promoting early and mail voting in 2024, with Trump’s brief support. Now he’s promising to wipe out the practice entirely.

A Democratic attempt to filibuster the new congressional map ended shortly after midnight.