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This weeks indictment of former President Donald Trump has renewed calls to protect core functions of democracy. In Wisconsin, those behind a new lawsuit said their action addresses another threat to a fair election system: partisan gerrymandering. The liberal organization Law Forward, along with Democratic voters from around the state, has filed a petition with Wisconsins Supreme Court to overturn legislative districts drawn by Republicans. ...

Starting next year, a Nevada bill will require city and county jails to develop a streamlined process and procedures for inmates to register to vote and cast a ballot. In 2019, the state assembly passed a law that restored voting rights to Nevadans with felony convictions after they completed their sentences - instead of having to wait two years for their civil right to be restored. Emily Persaud-Zamora - the executive director of Silver State Voices, a nonprofit organization committed to ci...

Before New Yorks legislative session ended, lawmakers expanded vote-by-mail access. The New York Early Mail Voter Act allows registered voters to get early mail voting ballots through an application to their local Board of Elections. Currently, 35 states and Washington, D.C. ...

By Faith Fistler / Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Since 1912, Ohioans have been able to change the state constitution with just over 50 percent of the vote. Passage of Issue 1 on the ballot Aug. ...

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is stripping down the giant rulebook that tells county officials how they must run elections in accordance with state law, a review of a partial draft shows

Fontes says he wants the Elections Procedures Manual, which tells counties how they must run elections, to only contain rules, not opinion. The manual must be approved by Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes.

A continuously updated list of bills from the 2023 Legislature vetoed by Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed bills on guns, trains, climate change

Lombardo may be on track to surpass previous records for the most vetoes in a single session, if were lucky.

Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed bills on guns, trains and climate change.