After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they ...

One morning in late January, civil engineer Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz was driving to work in Portland, Maine, when ...

As the midterms draw closer, President Trump and his allies on the right have increased their attacks on mail voting while ...

The resounding defeat of Ohio’s Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would have undercut direct democracy in the state, received wall-to-wall coverage last week because it salvaged the prospect ...

Lorelei Cloud was born in 1967, three years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. Even once she turned 18, and for many years thereafter, she ...

Editor’s note (October 2023): Robert Sutherland lost in Snohomish County ’s August primary. Julie Wise and Doug Basler will face off in King County on Nov. 7. Robert Sutherland and Doug Basler have a ...

After a busy stretch in May and June, the elections calendar is quieting down. Only one state is holding its regular primaries in July. It just so happens that this one state, Arizona, is hosting a ...

Below are the candidates who filed to run for district attorney and sheriff by the state’s filing deadline for major party candidates. (This list was published as of January 2026; unaffiliated ...

A pair of liberal attorneys say they'll be more aggressive in defense of democracy as they try to oust Georgia justices on May 19, as the Callais ruling may make state courts more pivotal. Two liberal ...