In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to ...

We’re only days removed from the political earthquake in New York City’s mayoral race, but the election calendar matches on: ...

Candidates bring up a criminal case that occurred on their opponent’s watch, and use it to attack them for being too lenient.

Republicans already know their nominee for lieutenant governor: John Reid, a conservative radio show host, is the sole candidate despite a failed effort by Governor Glenn Youngkin to push him out of ...

In Oklahoma, organizers have to race against the clock to get measures on the ballot. The state has the nation’s shortest window of time for collecting the tens of thousands of signatures needed to ...

Noble Ingram is the audience engagement editor for Bolts. He focuses on facilitating conversations between readers and the newsroom and has worked for a variety of news organizations including The ...

Kentucky, Mississippi, and Virginia are selecting their state officials on Nov. 7. But hundreds of thousands of people with felony convictions are barred from voting in these states, which have some ...

California: Los Angeles On a “mansion tax” on sales above $5 million, to fund affordable housing (#ULA, learn more) California: Pasadena On rent control and eviction protections (#H, learn more) ...

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 ...