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News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed that seized ballots be returned, changing who has custody of the election materials.
News · AR
The ruling keeps an injunction blocking two 2023 laws that moved oversight of Arkansas’ corrections secretary from the prison board to the governor.
News · DE
The Delaware Supreme Court heard an appeal over whether legal entities may vote in Fenwick Island municipal elections.
News · AR
A Pulaski County judge refused to lift an injunction against two laws that gave the governor authority to fire top corrections officials.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Riverside sheriff lacked legal authority to seize 650,000 ballots.
News · MO
A unanimous order requires Missouri to use its 2022 congressional districts in the 2026 general election.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a sheriff may not continue holding ballots that had been seized.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · MO
The justices kept Missouri’s post-2020 census districts in place after ballots were mailed and absentee voting began.
News · AL
Alabama’s attorney general says the state has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with TikTok Inc.
News · VA
The attorney general asked Virginia’s State Corporation Commission to extend its review of the proposed Dominion-NextEra merger.
News · NC
Voting-rights groups and voters want a federal court to block two absentee-ballot policies before North Carolina’s November 2026 election.
News · MO
The court turned aside a third Republican effort to use a map that could have created an opportunity to gain another House seat.
News · MO
A new council will focus on human trafficking, with its structure and work now the main issues to watch.
News · OR
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a federal voter database matter that does not affect Oregon elections.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump for the third time.
News · IN
The lawsuit challenges an IHSAA board requirement tied to race, placing the association’s governance policy before a court.
News · NC
The legal challenge concerns changes to how North Carolina election officials process ballots submitted by mail.
News · ME
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to give back 650,000 ballots the office had seized.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a Republican sheriff unlawfully took possession of more than 650,000 ballots.
News · MT
The Supreme Court cleared the Butte-Silver Bow data center initiative to continue through the local initiative process.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a sheriff unlawfully seized more than 650,000 ballots and must return them.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Riverside sheriff unlawfully seized the ballots and ordered their return.
News · IA
The judge cited First Amendment protections in dismissing Trump’s late-2024 lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and J. Ann Selzer.
News · KY
The justices will consider whether a 2024 law requiring more prison time before parole eligibility can apply to people convicted earlier.
News · CT
The gunmaker’s federal lawsuit disputes Connecticut’s ban on pistols that can be readily converted into machine guns.
News · ID
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · MT
The Montana Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked a proposed data center initiative in Butte-Silver Bow County.