Legislation in Olympia could give people in Washington prisons their voting rights. House Bill 2030, known as the Free the Vote Act, would allow people to vote in elections - potentially granting that right to more than 14,000 people in the state s prisons. Charles Longshore, a Skokomish tribal member, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2012 and is serving a 35-year sentence in a prison north of Olympia. .
There are fewer than two weeks before registered Nevada voters get to cast their ballot in the state s first presidential preference primary on Feb. 6. The state s transition from a caucus to a preference primary was made with Assembly Bill 126 during the 2021 Legislative session. .
Lawmakers in New Hampshire are considering legislation to better protect election workers from harassment and intimidation. The Justice Department reports a significant increase in the threat of violence against these workers after former President Donald Trump and his allies began spreading false claims about voter fraud. Rep. .
The Justice Department is investigating after the Yuba County Elections Office north of Sacramento received an envelope with white powder testing positive for fentanyl. Pro-democracy groups are calling out the latest attack on our election system and looking for ways to defuse the situation. Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause, said while no one was hurt, the attempt to poison or kill an election worker is despicable. .
Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering a resolution to convene a Convention of States, a process voting rights groups said could put civil liberties at risk. Congress is required to hold a convention under Article V of the Constitution if two-thirds of state legislatures call for one. Geoff Foster, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, said there are no rules in the Constitution for how to govern a convention and no guarantee, even the First Amendment, would be safe. .