Hansi Lo Wang
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Law & Courts
Arizona GOP county officials face charges after refusing to certify election on time
Republican officials of Arizona's Cochise County face criminal charges after they risked more than 47,000 people's votes for the 2022 midterm elections by refusing to certify them by the deadline.
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Politics
Judge says 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots should count, setting up a likely appeal
A federal judge says mailed ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters should be counted. The case is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Politics
An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act
A federal appeals court has struck down the main path for enforcing a key set of Voting Rights Act protections for people of color. The new ruling out of Arkansas sets up a likely Supreme Court fight.
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Politics
An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act
Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Politics
Many voters say Congress is broken. Could proportional representation fix it?
With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that advocates say could better reflect the country's diversity.
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Politics
A GOP plan for the census would revive Trump's failed push for a citizenship question
Conservative groups created a census plan for a Republican president that includes pushing for a citizenship question that's likely to lower the counts for Latinos and Asian Americans.
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Politics
The growing racial gap in U.S. census results is raising an expert panel's concerns
The U.S. census undercounting people of color and overcounting white people who don't identify as Latino means political representation and federal funds have been allocated unfairly, a report warns.
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Politics
These 2020 census results break down people's race and ethnicity into details
The U.S. census asked for more details about people's race and ethnicity in 2020 than ever before. New results show how many responded with identities such as Irish, Jamaican, Arab and Salvadoran.
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Politics
Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power
A federal court struck down Alabama's congressional map for not following an order to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Court-appointed experts are now set to draw a new map for the 2024 elections.
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Politics
Alabama to consider new congressional voting map following Supreme Court decision
Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.