Groups ask court to order action on ballot issues
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Citing wording they say is vague and misleading, opponents of a proposed gay-marriage ban in Michigan want judges to order the Board of State Canvassers to rework
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Civil rights groups consider suing to test whether New York police went too far in arresting activists during GOP conclave.
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Advocates for the mental ill are trying to secure voting rights while concern mounts about the risks of voting by people with conditions like dementia.
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Florida's attempts to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco took another hit late Monday when federal judges ordered a lower court to hear a lawsuit demanding that electronic voting machines be equipped to print receipts for voters.
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A watchdog group sued Friday to try to stop Cuyahoga County's elections board from rejecting thousands of provisional ballots until they are hand checked against voter registration cards.
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By Tiffany Erickson and Lisa Riley Roche Deseret Morning News  Voucher proponents filed suit Thursday to clarify what the public will be voting on regarding vouchers this fall and to correct an "inaccurate" ballot title.
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Absentee ballots mailed by Florida elections supervisors too late for possibly thousands of voters to return them on time should still count, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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In what might be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governorâs race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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Two third-party presidential candidates asked a federal court Thursday to force a second recount of the Ohio vote, alleging county election boards altered votes and didn't follow proper procedures in the recount that ended this week.
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The four measures on the Feb. 5 ballot are being hotly debated. Officials say the state needs the revenue.
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Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Wednesday:
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A coalition of legal groups and others opposed to the growing influence of partisan politics in state judicial elections plans to track campaign spending, donations and advertising for judicial elections in 20 states this election cycle.
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The federal government asked a judge to give military families and overseas voters in Pennsylvania until after the Nov. 2 election to submit absentee ballots for president because of an ongoing court fight over Ralph Nader's ballot status.
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Florida's attempts to avoid a repeat of  the 2000 election fiasco took another hit late Monday when  federal judges ordered a lower court to hear a lawsuit  demanding that electronic voting machines be equipped to print  receipts for voters.
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Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of developments over the weekend:
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US civil rights groups expressed concern over alleged intimidation of Hispanic voters and said they will work to ensure their ballots are counted in the November 2 presidential election.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments that an Indiana law prevented voters from having their ballots counted.