Late-counted ballots shifted the Los Angeles mayoral race, putting Nithya Raman ahead of Spencer Pratt for the second runoff slot while Mayor Karen Bass remained projected to advance.
A federal prosecutor says California is blocking a voter-roll review, while state rules still allow unusual IDs for some first-time voters and leave key questions about roll cleanup unanswered.
Late-counted ballots cut Spencer Pratt's lead in Los Angeles as Nithya Raman closed the gap and officials kept counting. The slow drip of results has again raised questions about California's election process.
The Justice Department says Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong was charged with paying another person to register to vote. James O’Keefe later confronted her after his team’s undercover footage on Skid Row raised new questions about cash-for-signatures schemes.
Joe Biden backed Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in his first post-White House endorsement, giving her campaign a boost and giving critics more evidence that old political brands still think they matter.
Virginia justices questioned whether early voting counts as the “next general election” in a constitutional amendment fight, then left the block on the referendum in place.
Texas Democrats are trying to sell James Talarico as a faith-minded bridge to church voters. In a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, the pitch is bold, and a little too polished for comfort.
Clay Fuller won Georgia's 14th District by 11 points, and Donald Trump quickly turned the result into a fresh political message, complete with praise for Fuller and a swipe at Marjorie Taylor Greene.