Committees in both chambers are working on legislation. Negotiations on measures to change how U.S. presidential election votes are counted and certified, including possibly amending the 135-year-old Electoral…
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Election Reform Bill May Get House Vote This Week
The Senate is also considering reforms. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said an election reform bill could get a vote as early as this week. The…
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Georgia Voting Group Asks for SCOTUS Intervention
Files request for Justice Thomas to block the 11th Circuit ruling. On Monday, a group of Black voters from Georgia submitted an emergency request to Justice Clarence Thomas,…
Read MoreSenators Look to Reform Counting of Electors
Current governing law was passed in 1887. A bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced legislation Wednesday to reform and modernize the Electoral Count Act of 1887, including by…
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White House Seeks to Address Native American Voting
Report recommends specific actions to increase accessibility. President Biden’s administration released a report last week regarding obstacles Native American communities face when trying to vote. Language barriers, hostility…
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Vice President’s Selma Speech Focuses on Voting Rights
Commemorates 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Six hundred civil rights advocates…
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Vice President Harris to Deliver Remarks at Selma
Will be joined by other leaders to mark historic date. The White House announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will be flying to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to…
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Texas Voters Go to Primary Polls
Tens of thousands of mail-in ballots rejected. Turnout early Tuesday in the Lone Star State of Texas was lower than anticipated. A political scientist at Rice University said…
Read MoreSenators Seek Reform to Electoral Count Act
Proposal would modernize the law. Senators have proposed legislation to reform a 19th-century election law. The move is in answer to claims that the vice president could have…
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Elections Bills, Filibuster Changes Blocked in Senate
Majority falls short of getting enough votes. Changes to filibuster rules that would have paved the way for passing legislation on voting were blocked in the Senate. On Wednesday,…
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