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American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the ...

One of the more interesting long-term experiments in the American version of democracy is on the verge of ending, but not before inspiring change elsewhere in the country. The experiment in Louisiana, ...

Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill into law Wednesday that will phase out the state's universal vote-by-mail system. Under the new law, registered voters will have to opt in to receive a ...

For more than three decades, Louisianans have pushed buttons on the same voting machines when casting ballots for everything from local school board members to president of the United States. But ...

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A lawsuit claiming the way Houston County elects its county commission dilutes the power of Black voters is moving ahead — but with a major change. The lawsuit, which was filed as President Joe ...

Collin County commissioners recently voted to move from electronic voting machines to hand-marked paper ballots. Voting rights activists say hand-marked ballots have ...

The Shreveport City Attorney advised the council not to change its electronic voting procedures. City Attorney Marcus Edwards stated the current electronic roll call system complies with open meetings ...