ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Secretary of State Steve Simon was a strong proponent of restoring the vote to people on probation and now he's letting prisoners know how the rules have changed for former ...
In a story published April 17, 2024, about people losing their voting rights after some felony convictions in Mississippi, ...
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The United States may have the world’s most restrictive criminal disenfranchisement laws. We know of no other democracy besides the United States in which convicted offenders who have served ...
The Minnesota Voters Alliance asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate its challenge to the year-old law ...
Mississippi lawmakers heard testimony from people with felonies on their records on why they should have the right to vote.
Gov. Matt Bevin’s legal reasoning may have been fuzzy, but his moral obligation is now clear: When the legislature convenes Tuesday, the new Republican governor must overcome roadblocks within ...
Elizer Darris fills out his voter registration during the Restore the Vote implementation rally at Arlington Hills Community Center in St. Paul on June 1. Minnesota Supreme Court justices ...
Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. Minnesota is known for its relatively high voter ...
A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law ...
Women's March activists hold signs outside the White House in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, DC, US, July 9, 2022.
Democratic Senate majority leader says he will move to dismiss two articles against homeland security secretary after a ...