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 ...

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 ...

Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard ...

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 ...

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

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.