Voting Rights

November 22, 2024

Powered by Native Voters, Ranked-Choice Voting and Open Primaries Survive in Alaska

 Pascal Sabino,
Pascal Sabino,
Alaska’s predominantly Native regions delivered huge margins against repealing the state’s new elections system, despite facing continued logistical challenges to voting.
October 29, 2024

“A Year of Frustration”: How New Mexico Kept Denying People Voting Rights Despite Reform

 Lauren Gill,
August 28, 2024

On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence

 Alex Burness,
November 5, 2024

Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders

 Daniel Nichanian,
July 21, 2022

Who Counts Our Elections?

 Quinn Yeargain,

The Latest

Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power

 Pascal Sabino,

Trump Allies Gain Power Over Elections in Arizona’s Largest County

 Alex Burness,

Minnesota’s Voting Rights Act Preserves This Key Protection A Federal Court Has Erased

 Sean Ericson,

How Voting Works in the U.K. and France: Your Questions Answered

 Ask Bolts, , Daniel Nichanian,

Florida Law Strikes “Deathblow” to Outside Groups Trying to Register New Voters 

 Uma Menon,

Nebraskans Rush to Undo Harm, After Court Rebuffs GOP Bid to Block Thousands of Voters

 Alex Burness,

Who Runs Our Elections?

Our Bolts resources compile, state-by-state, the local and state offices responsible for administering elections, and those responsible for counting and certifying results. These sleepy offices hold a great deal of discretion over our democracy.

Policing the Vote

Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold

 Jessica Pishko,

Arrests Over Voting Escalate a “Culture of Fear” in Florida

 Justin Garcia,

Texas Conservatives Want Private Cops to Police Elections

 Michael Barajas,

Voting from Prison

April 21, 2022

In French Presidential Election, Thousands More Vote from Prison

 Cole Stangler,

Campaign Finance

July 13, 2022

In California Cities, a New Frontier for Public Financing of Elections

 Spenser Mestel,

Civic Engagement

November 22, 2022

To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles

 Alex Burness,

Long Reads

Slouching Toward the Big Lie in Ohio

 Jeremy Borden,

In North Carolina, a Rush to “Restore Hope in the Vote” in People with Felony Convictions

 Kelan Lyons,

The Big Lie Messengers Who Carry a Badge and Gun

 Jessica Pishko,

Voting in Massachusetts

February 28, 2022

Boston Emerges As a New Frontier For Noncitizen Voting in Local Elections

 Rachel M. Cohen,

Voting in Oregon

February 15, 2022

Oregon Stalls Effort to Allow Voting from Prison

 Alex Zielinski,

Voting in Wisconsin

April 6, 2022

Wisconsin Voters Oust a Fake Trump Elector

 Daniel Nichanian,

The Big Lie

A New Mexico County Went To War With Voting Machines. It May Gain a Powerful Ally in November.

 Paul McLeod,

Doug Mastriano Plans to Use His Secretary of State Pick to Disrupt Pennsylvania Elections

 Jake Blumgart,

“The Truth Was On My Side”: Election Official Beats Back Fraud Conspiracies

 Daniel Nichanian,

Voting in New Mexico

February 18, 2022

Voting Rights Package Derails in New Mexico

 Daniel Nichanian,

Voting in Texas

February 9, 2022

Voting Rights Advocates Search for Openings to “Go Local” in Texas

 Michael Barajas,

Voting in Kentucky

February 22, 2022

Meet the Local Judge Mitch McConnell’s PAC Wants to Unseat

 Billy Corriher,