To great fanfare in 2021, Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1 — designed to, among other things, expand voting rights and access. While the Constitution grants states the power ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Sacramento, Calif. – Ballot drop boxes are now open throughout the state ahead of the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special ...

State lawmakers have approved a bill that wipes out the four-day grace period after election day for ballots to arrive at ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California's General Election, also known as the midterm election, took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Now that the election is over make sure your vote was counted if ...

President Donald Trump said he wants to ban mail-in voting, claiming the U.S. is alone in permitting it. But, in fact, dozens of countries allow voters to cast their ballots in the mail. Photo from ...

If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media recently, it would almost certainly be unconstitutional. It would also be ...

Donald Trump recently declared on Truth Social that he plans to “lead a movement to get rid of mail-in ballots.” He claimed that “ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and ...

Four years ago, the Illinois General Assembly passed Permanent Vote by Mail, or VBM. I cringed — not because of fears over fraud, ballot harvesting or cheating, but because I knew Republicans had been ...

Florida election supervisors are again asking state lawmakers to change state law to make it easier for Floridians to vote by ...