The U.S. Supreme Court on October 22 allowed New Hampshire to exclude student identification cards from the voting process for the November midterms, including their use as backup evidence of a voter’s identity. The emergency decision pauses a lower-court order while litigation continues; it does not finally resolve the challenge to the state’s restrictions. The … Read more
Voters in 21 states face new rules for registering or casting ballots in the November 3 midterm elections. Nearly 40 laws passed in Republican-controlled states are taking effect for the first time this year, according to a tally cited in an October 12 Associated Press report. Courts have already changed how some of the rules … Read more
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would bar members of Congress and their families from buying new individual stocks. The 53-47 vote on opening debate fell seven short of the 60 needed. Republicans had attached a photo ID requirement for federal elections, which Democrats called a poison pill, and Democrats … Read more
The House approved limits on congressional stock transactions together with federal voter-ID rules. Here is what the bill would ban, permit and leave unresolved.
A PBS panel works through a fictional election emergency involving troops, protests, voter records and a disputed ballot seizure.
What Happened The SAVE America Act has become one of President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities. Although the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill earlier this year, it has stalled in the Senate, where it lacks enough votes to overcome the filibuster. Rather than moving on to other legislation, Trump has repeatedly urged Congress … Read more
