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2 election rulings could impact how Arizonans vote | Opinion

Thursday April 30th, 2026 03:50:14 PM
Two significant election law rulings this week. The first, delivered on April 28, rebuffed the Department of Justice's attempts to pry the ...

Alabama Republicans push for new congressional map after seismic Supreme Court ruling

Thursday April 30th, 2026 02:35:52 PM
That seat is held by Democrat Shomari Figures. Election law scholar Rick Hasen wrote that while many states have already completed their primaries, it ...

L.A. council member pushes plan to let noncitizens vote in city elections - LA Times

Thursday April 30th, 2026 02:31:22 PM
After that, the council would still need to pass an ordinance revising city election law. Soto-Martínez, whose parents were at one time ...

Effect of U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decision likely limited in Pennsylvania

Thursday April 30th, 2026 02:21:40 PM
Marian Schneider, an adjunct professor of law at Villanova University, said that in her two decades practicing election law in the state she has only ...

Secretary of State's Office: Santa Fe County clerk's election violation is 'teachable moment'

Thursday April 30th, 2026 01:44:06 PM
Duhigg emphasized in an email Wednesday the Secretary of State's Office confirmed Clark violated state election law. "That should be a headline ...

WashU Expert: SCOTUS decision could prove catastrophic for minority political power

Thursday April 30th, 2026 01:24:12 PM
... Election Law Blog. “In ordinary times, Callais's impact would not be felt until the next redistricting cycle,” he wrote. “But these are not ...

What Alex Padilla says Democrats should do about the Voting Rights Act ruling - POLITICO

Thursday April 30th, 2026 01:05:35 PM
Padilla has more bona fides than most of his Democratic colleagues when it comes to election law — he served six years as California's secretary ...

Michigan secretary of state notes 2.1 million voter registrations canceled - ABC12

Thursday April 30th, 2026 12:58:12 PM
Election Law · Psephology · Politics · Political Corruption · Voting · Group Decision-making · Democracy · Government · Accountability · Organized ...

Senate Education Committee Chair Bill Cassidy Fights to Keep His Seat - The 74

Thursday April 30th, 2026 12:42:04 PM
As Trump eyed his return to the White House, Louisiana lawmakers in 2024 changed the election law so that only registered party members or those ...

US Supreme Court under Roberts takes 'wrecking ball' to Voting Rights Act | Reuters

Thursday April 30th, 2026 11:40:21 AM
"The metaphor is a wrecking ball," said Rick Hasen, an election law expert at UCLA, describing the Roberts Court's approach to the Voting Rights ...

Wisconsin clerk rejects five absentee ballots over address info, raising legal questions

Thursday April 30th, 2026 11:10:45 AM
But Wisconsin courts have been hearing a growing number of election law disputes. Whether it's over the most recent dispute in Mequon or a similar ...

SLO County DA warns South County group about breaking election law

Thursday April 30th, 2026 11:05:50 AM
SLO County DA warns South County group about breaking election law. Avatar photo by Bulbul Rajagopal April 30, 2026 April 29, 2026. Share this ...

More New Yorkers voted last year than in any mayoral election since 1969

Thursday April 30th, 2026 09:22:34 AM
The Campaign Finance Board is recommending that the state Legislature change election law to align the party enrollment deadline with the voter ...

Democratic Knox County commissioner's GOP vote could upend Tennessee election law

Thursday April 30th, 2026 09:12:14 AM
Democratic Knox County commissioner's GOP vote could upend Tennessee election law · Durrett isn't the first elected official under fire for 'cross- ...

Conservative SCOTUS Ruling Completely Demolishes Voting Rights Act, Kagan Says

Thursday April 30th, 2026 08:48:38 AM
... Election Law Blog. “It is hard to overstate how much this weakens the Voting Rights Act.” Hasen also pointed out that Alito's opinion shifts the ...

Ohio Republican state lawmakers still want to rob Ohio voters of fundamental Constitutional power

Thursday April 30th, 2026 07:44:25 AM
Ohio Republican lawmakers want to try again to rob voters of our fundamental power over the Ohio Constitution. They haven't learned.

TESTIMONY FOR HB0496 Election Law – Unaffiliated Voters - Maryland

Thursday April 30th, 2026 07:30:15 AM
Election Law – Unaffiliated Voters – Open Primary Elections – FAV. Bill Sponsor: Delegate Qi. Committee: House Government, Labor, and Elections.

Votebeat Story: U.S. Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act - THE INDIANA CITIZEN

Thursday April 30th, 2026 07:29:20 AM
Rebecca Green, a law professor at the William & Mary Law School who co-directs the Election Law Program there, said the Callais decision opens the ...

BILL NO: HB0496 TITLE: Election Law – Unaffiliated Voters - Maryland

Thursday April 30th, 2026 07:16:12 AM
TITLE: Election Law – Unaffiliated Voters – Open Primary Elections. COMMITTEE: Government, Labor and Elections. POSITION: FAVORABLE. DATE: February ...

Supreme Court Curbs Protections for Minority Voters in Election Maps - WSJ

Thursday April 30th, 2026 06:52:23 AM
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard law professor who studies election law, said the decision could produce the largest drop in minority ...