Louisiana demonstrated new voting systems as it works to replace aging machines, but political pressure and past disputes ...

New law requiring condo associations move to electronic balloting alarms legal expert. Is the convenience worth the potential for fraud?

A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map illegally dilutes Black voting strength.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. That discrimination included poll taxes and literacy tests that allowed ...

The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law on Aug. 6, 1965 after marchers were beaten in Selma, ...