U.S. presidents can’t cancel or postpone federal elections

Only Congress can change a presidential election’s date. Currently, the date set by Congress for states to hold their presidential elections is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This ... Read More

Public trust in U.S. elections is decreasing. But should it be?

Recent polls show public trust in the integrity of U.S. elections is decreasing, largely among Republicans. But this doesn’t signal that our elections are getting less reliable, UC Berkeley scholars ... Read More

Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections

The state of Texas sued the U.S. Justice Department on Monday, seeking to block the federal agency from monitoring the state’s elections after it announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight counties ... Read More

Federal judge blocks Trump’s election overhaul that had been challenged as unconstitutional

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort ... Read More

Trump aims to overhaul U.S. elections in executive order with new requirements

President Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul U.S. elections that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and mandate that ... Read More

Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024

A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of extremism, A.I. advances and a pullback in social media protections. By Tiffany Hsu Stuart A. Thompson and Steven Lee Myers ... Read More