Tennessee Proof of Citizenship Letters Spark Alarm, Confusion Among Naturalized Citizens
Civil rights advocates are now threatening to sue Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett over the letters.
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Civil rights advocates are now threatening to sue Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett over the letters.
Tennessee election officials sent letters this month to over 14,000 individuals asking them to verify their U.S. citizenship in what one Democratic state legislator is calling an attempt to intimidate voters.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request today for a hearing with the full court on the issue of whether individuals and groups can sue under Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act.
A Michigan attorney was charged last year in a scheme to gain illegal access to voting machines in the state while former President Donald Trump was challenging the results in 2020. Now that attorney is running for a seat on the state’s highest court.
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is seeking to preserve the high court’s liberal majority in her campaign to replace an outgoing justice on the state Supreme Court.
U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are supporting a new bill that would create dozens of new district court judgeships in the country.
Independent commissions are a promising step toward reforming the redistricting process across the U.S., advocates say, while some states have shown that lawmakers are capable of passing fair maps.
A Democrat who led the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission in 2020 is stepping back into the role ahead of November.
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Allen v. Milligan decision, upholding a provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that serves as a critical defense against racially discriminatory electoral maps.
An attorney who represented election denier Kari Lake’s 2022 bid to contest her failed Arizona gubernatorial run is suspended from practicing law for 60 days.
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