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(CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state ...

Sen. Omar Fateh has won the endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis Democrats, but he’s such a relative unknown that even his supporters sometimes mispronounced his name during the convention on Saturday ...

A new poll finds a small but fast-growing group of people in the U.S. have soured somewhat on President Trump this year.

Maryland elections officials face the potential of a federal investigation and a separate federal lawsuit led by local, state, and national Republicans over allegations of improperly maintained voter ...

Virginia’s odd-year elections bring lots of attention and lots of money to state races, but a legislative panel is asking ...

The post became available June 30 when Vincent Shorter resigned as treasurer to take over as county administrator. Shorter ...

In Blacksburg and Roanoke, incumbent Republican Delegate Chris Obenshain is facing the same opponent he had in the last election cycle, Democrat Lily Franklin. He says the big difference this year is ...

David Levine joins the Richmond's Office of Elections after the former leader's forced resignation. He comes to the job with years of experience, including a couple years working as the Deputy ...

Currently, Virginians elect their state officials in odd-number years, a practice that experts say dates back to the 19th ...

A legislative subcommittee is trying to figure out what it would look like to consolidate Virginia elections to just even ...