Although there are a few hobbies that have low-cost entry points, amateur astronomy is not generally among them. A tabletop Dobsonian might cost a few hundred dollars, and that is just the entry ...

New Republican proposal would mandate photo ID to vote, require citizenship verification, and limit certain mail voting ...

Democracy was designed for a world of carrier pigeons. Micro-voting, biometric identity and decoupled governance could finally upgrade the signal-to-noise ratio.

Virginia Senate votes to amend Virginia Beach charter in favor of 10-1 election system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early voting begins on Feb. 17, and runs through Feb. 27. You must be registered to vote by Feb. 2 in order to vote in the March 3 ...

OC native Cole Patterson introduces Civiq, a tool to help candidates and their staffs understand important and interesting ...

When Alabamians head to the polls in November to choose the state’s next governor and U.S. senator and make selections down the ballot for sheriff and county commission, many may not feel they need to ...

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Alabama remains one of the few states without early in-person voting, relying solely on absentee voting for those eligible, as lawmakers push for change to alleviate long lines at polling stations and ...

Called Civiq, the platform assembles in one color-coded place voter registration info, past election results, campaign finance totals, census details and other public data sets related to elections.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s effort to force the measure through Parliament opened up his government to a vote of no confidence. By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris ...

Mr. King is chair of the Drum Major Institute and the son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. Ornstein is a retired scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. The future of the Voting Rights ...