Out of 40 special elections for congressional and legislative seats so far in 2025, only two have seen flips; both were ...

Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city. A new ...

The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who ...

Voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would set the stage to let everyone vote by mail without an excuse—an option that could expand access for voters with disabilities.

Measured by the intensity of the media glare, Tuesday night unquestionably belonged to Liz Cheney’s bid for political survival, as the conservative Republican with the dynastic name fell in a race ...

Ask a redistricting expert about new GOP efforts to redraw Texas' maps, and the potential impact on Congress and communities of color.

On the first of this month, Wyoming residents began facing some of the nation’s harshest rules when registering to vote, and ...

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.

DA candidates are running unopposed in nearly all Wisconsin counties this year, continuing a long streak of uncontested elections that cut off public debate on criminal justice issues.

And a broader dip in turnout has also caused some national alarm. Over time, the country has set up a suite of options to make voting more accessible for people who may face difficulties—for instance, ...