Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in ...

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

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

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In California Cities, a New Frontier for Public Financing of Elections Oakland voters will decide whether to start a “democracy voucher” program for residents to donate to candidates of their choosing ...

Florida Republicans spent weeks squabbling over rival immigration bills. Their conflict wasn’t over significant policy differences: They agreed on diverting hundreds of millions in state funds toward ...

Throughout Abron Arrington’s decades-long incarceration in Colorado, he often found himself in solitary confinement—not because he was causing trouble, but simply because he refused to work. He didn’t ...

How Illinois Housing Banishment Laws Push People into Homelessness and Prison Organizers with past sex offense convictions are championing a bill in the state legislature that could end the cycle and ...

Who are the local and state officials responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections? On this page, Bolts maps out each state’s system. It lays out who is responsible for the different ...

Faced with popular initiatives to protect abortion rights and other measures they dislike, state Republicans are passing new bills that local advocates say will hollow out direct democracy. Organizers ...

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.