Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon on Thursday registered newly-eligible ex-felons to vote after a law ...

The new law allows people with felony convictions to vote as long as they are not currently incarcerated. It expands voting ...

As the country awaits a Supreme Court decision on whether one of those laws, the Voting Rights Act, will be reinforced or ...

This week's Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many minority lawmakers ...

In a surprising ruling on June 8, 2023, the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled discriminated against ...

House GOP leader Steve Scalise denied that leadership threatened to hold an anti-ATF pistol brace bill hostage to secure ...

Why did DeSantis’ election police arrest former felons for unknowingly casting improper votes, while a GOP state attorney ...

Michigan has the highest number of juvenile lifers in the country. Advocates are pushing for laws that would ban sentencing ...

The research center's designations are sometimes controversial. Its new report puts the influential Florida group in the same ...

I have voted in every election since 1990. I can’t wait to make my voice heard. I am ready,” said Mushawatu. But the bravado ...

Nevada is considering several bills protecting transgender rights. But Gov. Joe Lombardo hasn’t indicated whether or not he ...

Uyghur human rights lawyer and advocate Rayhan Asat told UPI that more needs to be done to hold China accountable for the ...