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Election laws must be consistent

Case Summary: Association for Democratic Reforms & Ors. v. Election Commission of India & Ors. (2026) | Bihar SI...

Supreme Court upholds Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision, clarifies Election Commission’s powers, voter verification, and electoral roll laws.

Supreme Court race could shape election law

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar could shape election law, voting rules and legal battles through 2028 and beyond. The post Supreme Court race...

Supreme Court upholds SIR exercise as an advancement towards free and fair elections

Court says EC can verify citizenship status for inclusion or exclusion from the electoral roll; it directs poll body to refer the names of Bihar electors purged from the rolls to t...

Fair electoral rolls lead to fair polls: CEC

The poll body chief was attending a conference aimed at strengthening EC’s legal framework and strategy; hails role of Booth Level Officers and Booth Level Agents in electoral roll...

Judicial Retention Elections in North Carolina

A colleague recently came into my office carrying Volume 3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated by Lexis Nexis (what we attorneys call “the green book”) with a […] R...

Law to introduce ballot papers notified

Election law changes headed to Iowa governor

Election law changes headed to Iowa governor

Election law changes headed to Iowa governor

Election law changes headed to Iowa governor

Election petitions must be decided on the basis of material on record: Supreme Court

The order was based on an appeal challenging a February 2025 Punjab and Haryana High Court order on elections to the post of sarpanch of gram panchayat Khalila Majra at Panipat

Election Interference

Trump issues an EO; now we wait on the legal challenges.

Election Commission of India fine-tunes its strategy to fit in the ground reality

Seeking proof of citizenship for voter registration, Louisiana sues federal election agency

(CN) - The state of Louisiana on Tuesday sued the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, challenging its refusal to allow the state to add a proof of citizenship requirement to feder...

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Election Because Redistricting Isn’t Legal Unless It Disenfranchises Black Voters

Republicans spend 30 pages trying to explain why 'election' doesn't mean 'election.' The post Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Election Because Redistricting Isn’t Legal Unless It...

Voters cleared by tribunals by April 21 or April 27 will be able to vote in Assembly polls, SC order

Right to be on the electoral roll and to vote in one’s own country not only constitutional but sentimental, says SC

U.S. Supreme Court Reshapes Voting Rights Act Landscape in Louisiana v. Callais

On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that using race in drawing Congressional districts is prohibited, significantly revising the previous understanding of federal law....

La. Attorney General files suit against U.S. Election Assistance Commission over verifying citizenship

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission after the commission barred Louisiana from implementing a s...

Duverger’s Lawlessness

A little electoral studies wonkery for Sunday morning contemplation.

Imperial County: Election campaigning not allowed within 100 feet of voting center

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) - Imperial County wants to remind the public that election campaigning is not allowed within 100 feet of a voting center. The Imperial County Registr...

ECI ought to provide voting facilities for all eligible citizens: Kerala HC

The ECI contended that many postal ballot applications were either defective or were not received (by the officials).

Assembly elections updates: Returning officer can recommend repoll if webcasting at polling stations interrupted deliber...

Public campaigning for the April 9 Kerala, Puducherry and Assam Assembly polls ended on Tuesday, April 7, 2026; TVK chief Vijay's nomination for the Perambur and Tiruchirappalli As...

Election Integrity Group Challenges Illinois’ ‘Unconstitutional’ Racial Gerrymandering Law

'Illinois has districting criteria that violates the United States Constitution explicitly by elevating race as a primary purpose in legislative line drawing,' a new lawsuit allege...

Montana Keeps Election Day Voter Registration

On May 11, 2026, the Montana First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, issued an order ruling that Senate Bill 490, which passed during the 2025 Montana Legislative Th...

Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE: ECI issues fresh post-poll guidelines for West Bengal

EVMs shifted to strong rooms in Tamil Nadu