Voting

For Democrats looking for the president to lead amid a wave of bills intended to restrict voting access, his speech this week was a long time coming. But for some, it also fell short of expectations.

A GOP-backed elections bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting properly postmarked mail-in ballots.

North Carolina civil rights groups are criticizing election bills written by Republicans and expected on the Senate floor this week.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says on Twitter that he will veto funding for the state Legislature after Democratic lawmakers walked out, blocking passage of new voting restrictions.

Georgia's new voting law has received international attention, especially for prohibiting people from handing out food or water to those waiting in line to vote. WFAE's Steve Harrison looks at what other states allow, including North Carolina.

A House judiciary committee scheduled debate for Tuesday on a bipartisan measure that would allow voters to decide next year whether to eliminate that section of the constitution. The voter literacy requirement was added to the constitution in 1900 and used to keep many Black citizens from casting ballots.

President Biden is signing an executive order on voting rights. The order won't make major changes — but it signals Biden's views at a time when Republicans are seeking to restrict voting access.

After an election that saw record voter turnout, some GOP state lawmakers are proposing a wave of new voting laws that would effectively make it more difficult to vote in future elections.

Monday, July 6, 2020Recent primaries have highlighted the challenges of voting in a pandemic. They've also pointed out what are seen as gaps in voter…

Monday, Jan. 27, 2020The ballot box is where we'll come face to face with the 2020 election, starting with North Carolina's Super Tuesday primary in…