The Houston school district uses an at-large voting system to elect its seven trustees, instead of a system in which board ...

A federal appeals court foreclosed on Wednesday one of the main remaining means by which civil rights activists could enforce ...

On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a knockout blow at the Supreme Court.

A federal appeals panel signaled it may revive a lawsuit accusing True the Vote of violating the Voting Rights Act by ...

This victory comes after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have undermined voting rights laws. “If any case was going to ...

The lower court committed “legal error” in its ruling finding no violation of the Voting Rights Act, Judge Adalberto Jordan ...

After a challenge by Republican officials, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act's ...

A new Colorado voting law carves out special voting rights protections for jail inmates, as well as for gender identity. Fred ...

Branch ISD officials plan to appeal last month's federal ruling that the district violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by ...

After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the ...

A federal appeals court appeared inclined Tuesday to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than ...