Voting

Texas and President Donald Trump struck first in a gerrymandering battle that could tilt the 2026 midterms. That puts California Republicans in a bind as they contest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting.

California Democrats used a common legislative tactic called “gut and amend” to rush legislation for a special election on new election maps. Republicans say that violates the state constitution.

California counties are scrambling to prepare for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special election on redrawing congressional districts for the 2026 midterm. The effort will cost tens of millions of dollars.

Secretary of State Tobias Read says he’s not inclined to share information with the federal government.

Shasta County Supervisors appointed an interim elections official with plans to create a hyper-transparent voting system, but the plan is stalled because supervisors can't agree how to pay for it.

At issue is whether the state is complying with a decades-old federal voting law.

Data entry errors that allowed noncitizens to be registered to vote in Oregon go much further back than state officials previously acknowledged, a report issued by the Oregon Department of Transportation on Friday shows.

In the latest public debate over voter ID laws in California’s State Capitol, a bill to establish a voter ID law in California failed passage in a key committee this week.

A Republican state senator introduced a bill that would ask Oregon voters if they want to end the state’s long-standing vote-by-mail system. The bill got so much public testimony that it overwhelmed the state’s website.

California Republicans vie to capitalize on their November victories and break the Democratic supermajority while balancing Trump’s influence

A bill moving through the state legislature would require the bulk of California’s ballots to be counted by 10 days after an election.

Critics of the state’s initiative petition system say it gives too much say to the Portland region.