A central point of discussion was whether a clause in the 1965 Voting Rights Act could be used to address ongoing concerns ...

The bill stands little chance of passage in the Republican-led Congress, but it provides a view of Democrats' agenda on ...

Federal judges on Tuesday sharply questioned lawyers on a request to make Alabama subject again to the preclearance ...

His effort comes as Texas pushes a special session to redraw its voting maps to give Republicans a better chance of picking up more seats.

A federal appeals court ruled that only the government — not private individuals or groups — can sue under key sections of ...

Democrats reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a bill expanding the federal government's authority to oversee U.S.

If granted, Alabama would become the only state since 2013 to have its congressional redistricting process approved by the ...

A federal court just made it a whole lot harder for blind people, people with disabilities or people who cannot read, to ...

It’s not hard to foresee where the changes could lead. There may be fewer days for early voting; an end of Sunday voting that ...

A 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court Thursday pauses that ruling while the Native American groups file a petition for the high court to take on the case.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower-court ruling in a redistricting dispute in North Dakota that ...