Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how working people make our voices heard.…
Read more The Voting Rights Act Is Under Threat. So Are Workers’ Rights.As the leadup to the 2026 midterm elections begins, social media users — among them billionaire X owner Elon Musk, who briefly served as a top advisor to…
Read more FACT FOCUS: It is not illegal for voters to show ID in New York and CaliforniaSANTA ANA, Calif. — A California appeals court ruled Monday that a Huntington Beach measure requiring voter identification at the polls violates state law. The Fourth District Court…
Read more Voter ID measure violates California law, appeals court saysHARRISBURG, Pa. — A yearlong investigation into suspected fraudulent voter registration forms submitted ahead of last year’s presidential election produced criminal charges Friday against six street canvassers and…
Read more 7 charged in 2024 Pennsylvania voter registration fraud that prosecutors say was motivated by moneyPhoto: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman has notoriously been taking an unorthodox path since Donald Trump reentered the White House. It’s a matter of some…
Read more Fetterman’s Case for Helping GOP Nuke Filibuster Is FaultyVICTORIA, Seychelles — The people of Seychelles voted Saturday in an election to choose a new leader and parliament, with President Wavel Ramkalawan seeking a second term in…
Read more Seychelles president seeks a second term as people vote in African tourist havenYes, ballot selfies are allowed in California. Here are more election dos and don’ts Updated: 1:40 PM PDT Nov 1, 2024 NOVEMBER ELECTION AND SO FAR POLITICAL DATA…
Read more Are ballot selfies allowed in California? Know your voting rightsSAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging…
Read more Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in SpanishJerome Whitfield fills out his ballot at the in-prison voting station set up at the Denver Detention Center, Oct. 30, 2024. Kiara DeMare/CPR News Jerome Whitfield didn’t know…
Read more How Denver pioneered voting access programs for incarcerated ColoradansOMAHA, Neb. — Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly contested elections after the state…
Read more Nebraska high court to decide if residents with felony records can voteATLANTA — At least for now, a federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ruled…
Read more A federal judge will hear more evidence on whether to reopen voter registration in GeorgiaThe Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races. The court’s decision comes after…
Read more Arizona Supreme Court rules that 98,000 people without confirmed citizenship docs can still vote in state racesThe Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences. The new law was…
Read more Minnesota Supreme Court upholds law restoring right to vote to people with felony convictionsJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting…
Read more Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneysVoting in the general election is important: That’s been well established. But do you know what else is crucial? Hitting the polling place in the primaries. Primary elections…
Read more Hey Dallas: Are You Registered To Vote in the Primary? Here’s What You Should Know.Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting – CBS News With Martin Luther King Jr. Day falling on the same day as the first contest in…
Read more Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of votingIn an ideologically split 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s electoral maps, which were gerrymandered over a decade ago to favor Republicans, were…
Read more Wisconsin Supreme Court Orders New Legislative Maps In Redistricting CaseThanks to Donald Trump’s presidential term, the conservative legal movement has been able to realize some of its wildest dreams: overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, ending…
Read more A MAGA JudiciaryMore suspicious letters sent to California, Georgia election offices – CBS News Watch CBS News More than a dozen suspicious letters, some containing fentanyl, have been sent to…
Read more More suspicious letters sent to California, Georgia election officesCNN — In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tom Emmer, a leading Republican candidate to be speaker of the House, baselessly said there were “questionable” practices in…
Read more Tom Emmer cast doubt on the 2020 election and supported lawsuit to throw election to Trump | CNN Politics
