For New Hampshire disability rights advocates, the slate of election-related bills signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte last week represents a mixed bag.  On the one hand, Ayotte signed bipartisan legislation to require that all cities and towns provide accessible voting machines at local elections — not just those with state and federal candidates. On the […]

Alabama resident Roald Hazelhoff treasures his newly won right to vote. When election officials flagged the naturalized U.S. citizen’s voter registration for possible removal last August, the Dutch native fought back. Hazelhoff, then a 67-year-old college instructor, sued to stop Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, from seeking to kick him and more […]

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LACONIA — A resolution to eliminate the municipal primary election died without debate at Monday evening’s meeting of the city council. 

As President Donald Trump wages a pressure campaign on Republican-led states to redistrict ahead of schedule and gerrymander their congressional district maps, New Hampshire — which had a contentious redistricting cycle in 2022 — has drawn some attention. So far, though, political support for state redistricting appears slim. On Wednesday, Texas Republicans released the first […]