US Policy & Elections

Uncertainty over ICE agents at polling sites could chill participation in immigrant and mixed-status communities.

• Key trigger: DHS Secretary Mullin...

Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked the Trump-backed congressional map and ordered a November referendum, turning redistricting into a direct statewide...

California Democrats passed five election bills responding to President Trump, Riverside Sheriff Bianco, and Supreme Court rulings.

• Vote-by-mail:...

Missouri’s Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court to place a Trump-backed congressional map referendum on the November ballot. Maryland’s...

Late write-in entries transformed a settled Billings legislative contest into a competitive one.

• Sen. Daniel Zolnikov ran unopposed after primary...

The Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision is moving beyond courtrooms into public education, state policy, and midterm strategy.

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The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered officials in six Senate District 23 counties to pause all general election ballot distribution until it rules on...

The California Voting Rights Act of 2026 passed the Assembly this week, updating the 2001 law to add new safeguards against voter discrimination.

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A wave of mid-decade congressional map redraws in 2025-2026 has reshaped the electoral landscape ahead of the midterms.

• Legal but unusual: Federal...

Voting rights groups sued to block Florida's HB 991, which adds citizenship-documentation requirements and bans student IDs for voting, claiming...

The House overwhelmingly approved a continuing resolution Tuesday to avert a shutdown after Oct. 1, as Congress failed to complete the 12 annual...

The term ghost ballots describes votes cast in valid districts that were erased after early voting began, leaving representation deleted despite...

The Supreme Court allowed President Trump to build an unauthorized White House ballroom, invoking separation of powers while ignoring Congress's...

• Federal overreach: EPIC suit challenges Trump EO compiling voter data, seizing state control over elections.
• Privacy breach: Agencies pooling...

Tarrant County commissioners voted 3-2 along party lines to reduce polling locations, primarily in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. The county is...

The Supreme Court’s interim docket is already shaping 2026-27 election law through emergency applications on voting access and campaign finance.
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ACA 24 would amend the California Constitution to bar exclusion of any eligible voter from publicly funded elections based on party affiliation or...

• Issue 3 would amend Ohio’s constitution to require photo ID for in-person voting, though the state already mandates it since 2023.
• Passage would...

Amnesty International issues a broad call to defend voting rights ahead of the 2026 midterms, citing threats from the Trump administration without...

• Bipartisan cooperation peaks under deadline pressure as AB 1709 passes 74-0, banning addictive social-media features for users under 16.
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