Georgia voter ID law passes test
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Local elections in 23 counties ran without a hitch on Tuesday in the biggest test yet of the state's new law requiring a photo ID to cast a ballot, election officials said.
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A Maryland judge has dismissed a  challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled  that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to  ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.
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Tens of thousands of Georgia voters recently received letters telling them they must show a photo ID to cast a ballot Nov. 7 &#151; a message some fear will create confusion on Election Day, since a judge recently struck down the requirement.
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The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to uphold the nation's strictest requirement that voters show photo identification before casting a ballot.
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The House voted Thursday to make states verify that they're not giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and to grant judges broader power to deport political asylum seekers they suspect may be terrorists.
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Newcomer Hank Johnson, who galvanized Georgia voters, is expected to hold onto the seat for the party in November
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Here is a capsule view of how our senators and representatives voted on major legislation in the past week.  In the House:  * Proof of Citizenship to Vote: The House on Sept. 20 passed the Federal Election Integrity Act (H.R. 4844) sponsored by Rep.
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A state law allowing gay couples to register as domestic partners belatedly took effect Friday after a federal judge ruled the state's process of disqualifying petition signatures was consistent enough to be valid.
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A Maryland judge has dismissed a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.
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Today marks the end of an unusually heavy voter registration season, election officials across Indiana said. Indiana residents expecting to cast ballots in the Nov. 2 general election
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Requiring photos as proof of identity to vote is an unconstitutional burden that resurrects memories of Jim Crow-era laws designed to keep blacks from the polls, former Gov. Roy Barnes told the state's highest court Monday.
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The justicesâ questioning indicated that a majority did not accept the basic argument brought by challengers to Indianaâs voter-identification law.
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All eyes were on Florida on Monday where residents were eligible to begin casting ballots under an early voting law passed in the wake of the 2000 election fiasco.
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Democrats and Republicans square off before the Supreme Court Wednesday over a law that requires voters to produce photo identification before they can cast a ballot.
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Arizona began allowing voters to register online in 2004. Three years later, Washington became the second state to do so.
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Floridians approved at least seven of the eight changes to the state constitution on Tuesday&#39;s ballot, including one that would make it harder for citizens to get initiatives on the ballot.
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The justicesâ questioning on indicated a majority does not accept the basic argument brought by challengers to Indianaâs voter-identification law.