Alaskans appear to have narrowly rejected Measure 2, a ballot initiative that would have repealed the state’s open primary ...

This article was published as a collaboration between Bolts and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering ...

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 ...

Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional and ...

More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

Bolts closely covers local and state elections and their ramifications for civil rights, voting rights, and criminal justice. Here find our coverage of the 2023 elections in Pennsylvania, scheduled ...

Los Angeles' George Gascón and Oakland's Pamela Price sought to use their offices to redress the harms and disparities of the ...

Republican lawmakers in Arizona placed a slew of constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall to limit the recourse available to voters to hold politicians and courts accountable and to take ...

When Songgu Kwon went to the polls earlier this month, he was eager to help Ohio adopt an independent redistricting commission. The comic book writer and illustrator, who lives near Athens, dislikes ...