Since 2011, 19 states have adopted laws restricting how people can register to vote and how they can cast their votes. Civil rights and voting rights advocates alike opposed the new rules.
A trial over Pennsylvania’s voter ID law will either uphold or block a new requirement that state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila./Montgomery) called “purely about partisan politics.” A ruling is expected this week.
After the Department of Justice told Florida to stop purging its voter rolls, Gov. Rick Scott announced on Fox News that his state is suing the federal government.