Voting Rights & Democracy Reform

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (216+ words) This November marks a pivotal election for Ohio, as it decides on a new governor, U.S. Senator, and many other important races, yet for the over 1 million Ohioans with disabilities, navigating the poll booth can be a discouraging experience. Inaccessible polling…...

6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1083+ words) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MATT BROWN Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they’re calling the “New Battlefield Project,” intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (132+ words) by Press | Sep 14, 2026 | Press Releases Federal court grants civil rights groups’ request for preliminary injunction, halting new restrictions that threatened mail voting for millions of Americans ahead of November elections. “We are proud to stand with our clients and co-counsel…...

49+ min ago   (1645+ words) BLACKPRESSUSA—Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, Bishop William J. Barber II, and a coalition of congressional, faith, and civil rights leaders gather Tuesday outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, days after founding director Lonnie G. Bunch III…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (699+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state’s Department…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (648+ words) The planned fiscal year 2027 budget for Cherokee Nation includes funding for the Election Commission to cover its recent approval of a 50 percent increase in the number of polling sites for next year’s balloting. TAHLEQUAH – Cherokee Nation tribal councilors on the…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1620+ words) FENWICK ISLAND, Del. — The Fenwick Shores hotel on the Delaware coast carries a stamp of unusual privilege. It’s not because the 65-room hotel claims to be Fenwick Island’s first upscale getaway, where the best suites can cost $2,000 per night during…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1427+ words) When Joey Norris volunteered as an election worker during the 2024 presidential race, he could never have imagined it would get him arrested two years later. Then, this July, the deputy sheriff of Red Oak, Iowa called Norris up and told…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago   (278+ words) Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of 261 current and former Members of Congress challenging the legality of President Trump’s Executive Order and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule seeking to exert…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago   (126+ words) “Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that the country might be ‘sleepwalking’ into another insurrection,” MS NOW reports. Said Luttig: “That’s exactly what I envision, which is the next Jan....