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Voting is habit-forming and high schools are critical for starting that pattern.

Republican officials want GOP voters to embrace the habit of early voting. But the Republican Party needs its voters to overcome a stigma created by Republicans.

Twenty-seven GOP members emphasized in a letter after the 7 November vote they would work to prevent its implementation

The challenge to the constitutionality of electoral bonds is now approaching denouement

Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.

Republicans failed to defend a fringe legal theory, but they are already pushing through new state election legislation

The state of the republic is precarious, but I am hopeful that democracy will prevail because it is resilient. We the people have faced serious threats in the past, including even a Civil War, and we have overcome them. We must continue to pass laws to strengthen our democracy in…

Ten years ago, a lawsuit led to the redrawing of Florida congressional maps that were criticized as blatantly gerrymandered.

Hedge funds’ bottom-line mindset leads to less-robust local news operations, Common Cause VP says

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

Currently, more than 80% of Texas voters can vote anywhere in their home county, a model that originated in Lubbock County. If lawmakers approve new legislation, that would change.