Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer demonstrates signature verification for early voting ballots to a tour group of Republican women on June 3 in Phoenix. Richer himself faces primary challengers this month. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Louisiana's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, called the state’s nonpartisan primary system a “relic of the past" and was behind an effort to change primary elections for certain offices. Michael Johnson/AP/Pool/The Advocate hide caption
Wisconsin residents deposit mail ballots in a drop box outside of a library in Milwaukee on Oct. 20, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A person holds a sign that says "VOTING RIGHTS NOW" during a peace walk in Washington, D.C., on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2022. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
A sign saying “Register & vote!” is on display at the King County elections office in Renton, Wash., in 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
David Sumrall, the head of the Republican Party in Georgia's Bibb County, presents his case to challenge the eligibility of nearly 800 voters at a hearing in Macon in May. Grant Blankenship/GPB hide caption
Wanda Geter-Pataky (center) talks with her lawyer, John Gulash (right), during October 2023 testimony in a challenge of absentee ballots in the 2023 Bridgeport, Conn., mayoral Democratic primary. Geter-Pataky was among four people charged Tuesday in relation to the city's 2019 mayoral primary. Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP/Pool hide caption
People wait in line to vote in Georgia's 2022 primary election in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
An election worker prepares mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as state law permits. John Locher/AP hide caption
Five Republican-led states have banned ranked choice voting in recent months. Voters in other states, including Missouri, could ban the system later this year. Here, anti-ranked choice voting buttons are seen in Alaska. Mark Thiessen/AP hide caption
Voters filling out their ballots on Jan. 23 in Loudon, N.H. A political consultant faces charges in New Hampshire and steep fines from the Federal Communications Commission for creating a robocall ahead of that state's presidential primary featuring a cloned version of President Biden's voice, urging people not to vote in the primary. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
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Poder Latinx canvasser Humberto Orjuela helps Andres Navarro register to vote in a Presidente Supermarket parking lot in Orlando on April 20. New restrictions in Florida have made voter registration work more difficult for Poder Latinx and other third-party groups. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
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A "Vote Here Tuesday" sign is seen in Burlington, Vt., in 2020. In 2023, the city voted to allow non-U.S. citizens who are in the country legally to vote in local elections. But their turnout remains low. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee speaks about the Senate version of the Equal Representation Act during a January press conference in Washington, D.C. The bill is one of at least a dozen GOP proposals to exclude some or all non-U.S. citizens from a special census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption
A voter enters the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter Elementary School in New Orleans to cast a ballot in the 2022 elections. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks during a forum on Nov. 14, 2022. Meadows has been indicted in Arizona for his alleged efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Jim Hoft, owner of the Gateway Pundit, at the White House in 2019. The website has been hit with defamation lawsuits related to 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories it is accused of spreading. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A person votes at a polling station in Manhattan during New York's presidential primary on April 2. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event in Los Angeles on March 30. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company's system, which has scanners and touch screens with printout options, at a meeting of the Secure, Accessible & Fair Elections Commission, on Aug. 30, 2018, in Grovetown, Ga. Bob Andres/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump stands with former first lady Melania Trump after voting in 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption