California voters can choose any primary candidate, regardless of party, and two candidates from the same party can potentially face off in the general election. By Livia Albeck-Ripka For more than a ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night allowed Alabama to hold upcoming elections using a congressional map that a lower court found discriminates on the basis of race and dilutes the political power of ...

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It is the only country in the world where all elections are entirely electronic. To celebrate the Brazilian system’s 30th anniversary in May, the country’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which ...

Texas voters head to the polls May 26 for runoff elections, with early voting starting Monday and running through Friday. But even for seasoned voters like me, casting a ballot in these elections is ...

The June 9 primary election is rapidly approaching for Maine voters and the candidates looking to earn their support. Maine’s unique use of ranked-choice voting could be a big factor in some of the ...

Early voting produced strong turnout in Dallas Area Rapid Transit withdrawal elections in Addison, Highland Park and University Park, with momentum for and against remaining in the public ...

After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court finally handed down its decision in the voting-rights case Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, the Court ruled ...

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday vowed to fight back after the Supreme Court weakened a provision of the Voting Rights Act, potentially endangering majority-Black districts throughout the South.

Bloomberg’s Ronald Brownstein decries the ruling as “travesty” with ominous implications for the growing population of non-white Americans: The decision points to a future in which these states will ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the scope of a key Voting Rights Act provision that restricts how states draw districts affecting minority voters, constraining states' use of race as a factor ...

The Supreme Court severely restricted a federal law Wednesday that had allowed states to design voting districts that would favor candidates from racial minorities, another step in the court’s ...