Republicans in Oregon gathered more than three times the signatures needed to put a gas tax hike on the ballot, and now Democrats are scrambling as the referendum lands at the worst possible moment: with prices at the pump soaring past $5 a gallon statewide thanks to the Iran war.
Humboldt County, California election officials discovered 596 sealed, uncounted ballots sitting inside a locked drop box six months after voters cast them in a statewide special election that approved a redistricting measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
A federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama who once blocked North Carolina's voter identification law reversed course Thursday and ruled it constitutional, handing Republicans a major win in their seven-year battle to secure the state's elections.
Connecticut Democrats signed a law this month requiring residents to show a driver's license to cash in more than 1,000 bottles or cans at a redemption center. Voting in a federal election? No ID required.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized more than 650,000 ballots from California's November 2025 special election on Friday, opening a physical recount after a third-party group found evidence of roughly 45,000 excess votes.
