What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Olson explains why the idea of widespread noncitizen voting is a myth.
Survey data shows relatively infrequent voters are significantly more likely to support the Trump-era GOP than those who vote more often. Will this change traditional left and right-wing attitudes towards mandatory voting and other policies intended to increase turnout?
The Turkish government tried to hand over a mayorship to someone who only got 27 percent of the vote. Residents just weren’t having it.
The 35-year-old Texan formerly known as Dustin Ebey voted for Gary Johnson in 2016 and says the national debt is America's biggest problem.
Surprisingly strong support for "none of the above" in the 2024 primaries shows voters aren't thrilled with their options.
Jackson County, Missouri, voted not to extend a sales tax that would have benefited the Chiefs and the Royals.
Democratic Party bosses in the Garden State say that a court order to design better ballots will make it harder to tell voters what to do.
Jackson County, Missouri, residents should not be billed for the undertakings of private businesses.
The former RNC chair's concession that Biden won "fair and square" did not save her from internal outrage at her support for Trump's stolen-election fantasy.
A change that promised to be a moderating influence on politics has instead made campaigns more vicious than ever.
The Republican pollster argues that the "working class is concentrated in states that are more electorally significant to the outcome of the election."
Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.
No matter who wins between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, chaos is likely to ensue.
Iran’s leaders wanted to show the world a high voter turnout. Instead, people stayed home for the "sham" elections.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.
Despite holding out against a seemingly inevitable Trump nomination, Haley lost in her home state.
True the Vote told a Georgia court that it can't produce any evidence to support claims of widespread ballot fraud in Georgia.
Most of the justices are clearly inclined to reject a Colorado Supreme Court decision asserting that power under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.
The new libertarian president believes in free markets and the rule of law. When people have those things, prosperity happens.
Political polarization poisons yet another area of life.
People who were disenfranchised based on felony convictions face a new obstacle to recovering their voting rights.
Dueling new studies reach opposing conclusions on whether minority voters are well served by ranked choice voting.
How do the Iowa caucuses work? The fact that people have to ask every four years shows why this tradition should end.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
The former Trump lawyer could have avoided a massive defamation verdict by presenting his "definitively clear" evidence of election fraud.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
The former Trump campaign lawyer re-upped his false claims about two Georgia election workers in the middle of a trial aimed at determining the damages he owes them.
A broad coalition of civil rights groups and think tanks, including Reason Foundation, say that Mississippi's "mandatory, permanent, and effectively irrevocable" voting ban for certain offenders violates the Constitution.
The former White House chief of staff is one of several former Trump advisers who are cooperating with prosecutors.
The election conspiracy theorist struck a deal that allows her to avoid prison by testifying for the prosecution.
If Joe Manchin or Larry Hogan thinks he’ll be elected on a No Labels ticket, he’ll be sorely disappointed.
Trump is still a runaway favorite, even when using a vote-counting technique that's meant to make it more difficult for unpopular candidates to win elections.
Economist Tyler Cowen elaborates on some of the reasons why. The root of the problem is that voters have poor incentives to become well-informed and evaluate information objectively.
Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.
The two alleged racketeers complain that irrelevant evidence concerning distinct, uncoordinated conduct aimed at keeping Donald Trump in office will impair their defense.
Plus: First Amendment experts talk about age verification laws, fentanyl fact check, and more…
The next presidential election may be between the two men. Can't we do better?
The defendants will claim their alleged "racketeering activity" was a sincere effort to rectify election fraud.
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Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
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Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being
Republicans who participated in the scheme say they relied on legal advice grounded in historical precedent.