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Trump on trial: Former president faces criminal charges of falsifying business records
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is charged with falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal involving a porn star.
GOP, Trump build on immigration fears to push voting restrictions in states
Concern over illegal immigration and border security was Donald Trump’s central campaign issue when he won the presidency in 2016, and polls show it as the GOP’s most potent political weapon again in 2024.
States rush to combat AI threat to elections
The AI threat has emerged at a time when democracy advocates already are deeply concerned about the potential for “ordinary” online disinformation to confuse voters.
To boost Trump, GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is getting support from allies who have stayed mostly under the national radar: red-state attorneys general.
GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states
The RNC is fighting in key election battlegrounds across the country to make it harder to cast a mail ballot and to have it counted.
Trump’s pick for RNC chief worked with top election denier’s group
Former President Donald Trump is backing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, to be the next Republican National Committee chair.
How a new way to vote is gaining traction in states — and could transform US politics
Ranked choice voting, which asks voters to rank multiple candidates in order of preference, has seen its profile steadily expand since 2016.
One year out: how a free and fair 2024 presidential election could be under threat
Despite a slew of arrests and felony convictions stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, there’s little sign that those who attacked democracy last time have significantly moderated their outlook.
Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election
To those working to protect democracy, some of the most explicit efforts to undermine the popular will have for years been happening in the states.
Not just Ohio: Biased language is the hot new tactic to thwart ballot measures
Direct democracy advocates see ballot language disputes in Ohio, Missouri, and other states as another tactic in the larger war on ballot initiatives playing out across the country.
Americans are worried about democracy. You wouldn’t know it from the GOP debate.
Though the on-screen banner read “Fox News Democracy 24,” the eight candidates onstage weren’t asked about elections, voting, or democracy throughout the two-hour production.
Changes in state election laws have little impact on results, new study finds
The study by political scientists from Stanford and Tufts universities appears just as a heated debate is flaring again in Congress over the partisan and racial impact of recent voting laws.