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State and Local February 19, 2018

Pennsylvania Supreme Court issues new congressional map, which could benefit Dems

Pennsylvania's high court issued a new congressional district map for the state's 2018 elections Monday, the latest attempt to carve out voting boundaries in time for the state's May 15 primary.

Supreme Court January 18, 2018

Supreme Court delays order requiring North Carolina to redraw election maps

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines.

Elections Disputes January 4, 2018

Republicans keep Virginia House of Delegates majority after drawing of lots

By luck of the draw, incumbent Republican David Yancey won a Virginia state House of Delegates race so close that its outcome was determined Thursday when an elections official pulled his name out of a ceramic bowl.

Elections Disputes November 15, 2017

Judicial Watch sues Kentucky over alleged 'dirty voting rolls'

A conservative watchdog group is suing Kentucky over its alleged failure to maintain accurate voter registration lists, claiming 48 counties in the state have more registered voters than citizens over the voting age of 18.

Federal Courts April 10, 2017

Federal judge again rules Texas voter ID law is discriminatory

Dealing Texas another rebuke over voting rights, a judge Monday again ruled that Republican lawmakers purposefully designed a strict voter ID law to disadvantage minorities and effectively dampen their growing electoral power.

Elections Disputes January 12, 2017

Wisconsin teachers union decertified in latest blow to labor under Walker law

Teachers from one of Wisconsin鈥檚 largest unions have jumped ship -- voting overwhelmingly to abandon the group in the latest in a string of setbacks for the struggling labor movement following Gov. Scott Walker鈥檚 union overhaul two years ago.

Elections Disputes November 22, 2016

Cooper, Dem lawmakers urge McCrory to concede in North Carolina governor race

Incumbent Republican Pat McCrory was urged to concede the still-unresolved North Carolina governor鈥檚 race Monday nearly two weeks after Election Day.

Elections Disputes November 4, 2016

Judge orders North Carolina counties to restore thousands to voter rolls

A federal judge ordered three North Carolina counties to restore thousands of voter registrations canceled too close to Election Day after the NAACP sued over the removals.

State October 25, 2016

Thousands of dead people likely on Indiana voter rolls, analysts say

A data analysis firm hired by a voter registration group said on Tuesday that Indiana's voter database is riddled with errors, including thousands of people over the age of 110 who would likely be deceased but are still on the registration list.

Federal Courts September 10, 2016

Court strikes down proof-of-citizenship voting requirement in 3 states

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form.

Elections Disputes September 9, 2016

Michigan straight-party voting ban won't take effect

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to let Michigan's new ban on straight-party voting take effect for the November election, rejecting state officials' request to halt lower court rulings that blocked the Republican-sponsored law.