Title 18, Section 241 of the United States Code criminalizes conspiracies to oppress or deprive citizens of constitutionally secured rights, including voting

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The North Carolina State Board of Elections ordered a new election in the 2018 Ninth Congressional District race due to ballot tampering

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Third District previously disqualified an election candidate for attempting to run using the name of an incumbent candidate

Eight states and Washington, D.C. have enacted legislation authorizing the use of GPS-based speed-limiting devices in vehicles to restrict chronic speeders

Virginia initiated a program deploying intelligent speed assistance devices in vehicles in July 2026

More than 50 million Americans cast ballots during early voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

Voting precincts in Kentucky and Indiana close their polls at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on election night

The United States Senate possesses constitutional authority to determine whether to seat its own members

The Kansas Bill of Rights prohibits imprisonment as a penalty for financial indebtedness

Federal policy initiatives that require funding must receive approval through the White House Office of Management and Budget

The Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell addresses whether the Environmental Protection Agency holds sole authority over chemical safety determinations, preempting state claims

Democratic national organizations and an individual voter filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. seeking to block federal demands that state officials remove registered voters from voter rolls

Federal felony prosecutions under the Fifth Amendment require a grand jury indictment unless the defendant consents to proceed by information

Judge James Boasberg presided over a hearing regarding federal efforts directing state and local election officials to purge or segregate ballots of identified registered voters

The United States Department of Justice argued in federal court that a second candidate named Daniel Sullivan on the Alaska ballot would confuse voters

Judge James Boasberg ordered the Department of Justice to respond to interrogatories from Democratic national organizations and a voter identifying all states that received federal voter roll removal communications

Benjamin Wittes and five other plaintiffs filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit challenging the White House's practice of excluding journalists based on unfavorable reporting

District Judge David O. Carter denied the federal government's motion for a preliminary injunction against California's voter registration and voting procedures

In July 2026, the Department of Homeland Security sent California officials a list of approximately 20,000 registered voters identified as suspected noncitizens

Under 18 U.S.C. § 611, voting by a noncitizen in a federal election is classified as a misdemeanor offense

The lawsuit challenging the proposed Washington, D.C. arch asserts an ultra vires cause of action alleging that construction on federal land in the District of Columbia requires congressional approval