Montana’s high court has unwound GOP priorities, including striking down voting restrictions this spring, but conservatives ...

Candidates are debating how easy to make mail voting and direct democracy. And in some states, election deniers are still ...

The Alaska Federation of Natives is hoping to defeat a November ballot measure that would repeal the state’s new election ...

This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.

Mara Dolan ousted a 25-year incumbent to become the first public defender to join the Massachusetts governor’s council, which ...

It’s the final stop of the 2024 primaries: Three northeastern states head to the polls on Tuesday to decide their nominees for major downballot offices, from governor to legislature. Here’s your Bolts ...

Lorelei Cloud was born in 1967, three years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. Even once she turned 18, and for many years thereafter, she ...

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization examining issues of equity and justice in the court system. Chicago ...