Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...

During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

Ballot measures in Missouri and Montana would strengthen citizen-led initiatives. Democracy advocates in each state are going on the offense after facing years of attack.

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...

After years of attacks on voters’ power to take matters into their own hands, democracy advocates are going on the offensive in Montana and Missouri. They’ve placed constitutional amendments on... Rea...

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

A new trove of documents independently confirmed by Injustice Watch allege previously unreported misconduct and conflicts of interest by Illinois’ Special Prosecution Unit.

Just outside of Tallahassee, nestled among rolling hills and pecan groves of Florida’s Big Bend region, Jefferson County is one of the most rural parts of the state. With only... Read More

Just outside of Tallahassee, nestled among rolling hills and pecan groves of Florida’s Big Bend region, Jefferson County is one of the most rural parts of the state. With only... Read More

The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...

An Illinois Answers Project analysis revealed that 63 people who died in jails were missing from state data on in-custody fatalities. Now the state is auditing its records.

Requiring incarceration based on the charge alone would be both unconstitutional and disastrous.

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

Just outside of Tallahassee, nestled among rolling hills and pecan groves of Florida’s Big Bend region, Jefferson County is one of the most rural parts of the state. With only... Read More

A new trove of documents independently confirmed by Injustice Watch allege previously unreported misconduct and conflicts of interest by Illinois’ Special Prosecution Unit.

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

The 2026 primaries are reaching the end: The four remaining states that have yet to hold theirs are taking center stage in September. A pair of statewide elections—Seth Moulton’s challenge... Read More

If built, the Gilroy Holding Facility would allow for the detention of at least 120 people per day, ICE wrote in court filings.

The ballot measure in Pierce County follows controversies surrounding Sheriff Keith Swank, at a time Washington is grappling with poor oversight over law enforcement.

More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE.

A Delaware beach town offers broad voting rights to corporations, spurring broader debate over who should be allowed to take part in elections.

North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.

NEW: Voters from St. Louis and St. Louis County file class action lawsuit against Mo. SOS Denny Hoskins over his handling of the referendum petition campaign. NOT specifically seeking a remedy on that, but asking for at least $80M for damages to the class. https://t.co/vSNghXozAz https://t.co/Pnn4Zxnt4o

The Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map.

North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.

A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could...

Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion...

As Chicago’s top cop steps down, police are making fewer traffic stops. But our new investigation finds half of stops are still not being reported to oversight agencies, despite a state law mandating disclosure.

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More

The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”

In a break with the Trump era, the winner of the secretary of state primary strongly defends election systems, and the far-right Freedom Caucus lost a lot of ground in the legislature.

Vote-by-mail was not always such a hot topic. It’s a longstanding practice in the U.S., dating back to the Civil War and even before then. It’s secure, with audits repeatedly... Read More