Others disagree. The League of Women Voters of Maine argued that Question 1 will only guarantee voter suppression. The ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

The same communities that depend on stable federal operations are the ones whose voices are at increased risk of being ...

The Supreme Court is reviewing a case centered on Section 2 of the voting rights act, which prohibits electoral practices ...

Callais about the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil-rights law designed to ensure that states could not get in the way of nonwhite citizens voting. The law was put in place to ...

The Supreme Court appeared inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts ...

The conservative majority seems willing to raise the bar on plaintiffs seeking to challenge legislative district maps for ...

The Supreme Court seemed likely to limit race-based electoral districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act after ...

The Supreme Court appeared poised today to weaken a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by limiting the ability of ...

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A Senate vote to reopen the government failed on Wednesday, hours after many federal agencies ceased operations and a stand off over government funding on Capitol Hill showed little movement towards a ...

Senate Democrats held firm and chose to block a Republican spending bill Tuesday evening, guaranteeing a government shutdown — even as President Donald Trump threatened “irreversible” layoffs if the ...