ATLANTA, Ga. — It has been an unprecedented year for new voting laws. Some make it easier to cast a ballot, but others make voting more difficult. Eliza Sweren-Becker is the voting rights and election ...

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Voting Rights Act, declaring that "today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield." But over the ...

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais about the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil-rights law designed to ensure that states could not get in ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...