Ashley Lopez

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Latinos are the biggest ethnic group in Texas, but their political power lags behind

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Latinos in Texas have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant ethnic group in the state, but the group's political power has yet to catch up.

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Latinos are Texas' largest ethnic group, but that doesn't equate to political power

Friday, August 11, 2023

Latinos are officially the largest ethnic group in Texas. But experts say this population growth is a long way from translating into more political power.

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Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. Here's what they're doing

Sunday, August 06, 2023

More states are adopting policies to increase voter registration, including for young people. Those policies include automatic voter registration and pre-registration before age 18.

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A Mississippi law limits who can help mail-in voters. A federal court struck it down

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Mississippi passed a law restricting who could help voters seeking assistance casting their ballots by mail. A federal judge ruled it limited access to the polls and was therefore not permitted.

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Democrats eye Sen. Ted Cruz's seat in Republican-dominated Texas as a possible flip

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Democrats are facing a tough U.S. Senate map in 2024 so they are eyeing some tough-to-win states for possible pickups, starting with Texas.

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Democrats look at the possibility of flipping Ted Cruz's Senate seat in 2024

Monday, July 17, 2023

Democrats are eyeing some Senate seats they could potentially flip. One of them is in deep-red Texas, where Republican Ted Cruz faces reelection in 2024.

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No More Souters

Thursday, July 13, 2023

How a surprisingly moderate justice paved the way for today’s precedent-busting Court.

Mail voting is still pretty popular, even without the pressure of the pandemic

Monday, July 03, 2023

After the 2020 election saw record levels of mail-in voting, election officials saw less mail ballots than at the height of the pandemic but the method is still much more widely used than before.

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Disability advocates are asking a court to halt a Mississippi law on ballot assistance

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Disability and voting rights advocates are asking a federal court to block a measure in Mississippi, set to go into effect next week, that Republican backers say cracks down on "ballot harvesting."

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GOP presidential candidates of color walk a 'tightrope' as they discuss race

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The Republican presidential field is the most diverse it has ever been, raising questions about race, identity and immigration for candidates of color in an overwhelmingly white party.

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Is Texas next up? Lawmakers clear the way for the state to leave voter data group ERIC

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Texas is on its way to being the latest — and largest — state to leave a bipartisan data sharing partnership that states across the country use to cross check their voter rolls.

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In border towns, expected chaos after Title 42 ended hasn't materialized

Thursday, May 18, 2023

As the immigration policy known as Title 42 draws to a close, residents of Brownsville, Texas, right along the border, are focused elsewhere.

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As immigration debate plays out, border towns want to paint a different picture

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

For the residents of Brownsville, Texas, the national spotlight often accompanies an increase in border crossings. But life goes on here, with or without the media attention.

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Advocates in Florida clamor for a fix for the formerly incarcerated who want to vote

Thursday, May 04, 2023

There's no easy way for Floridians returning from prison to figure out what's needed to regain their voting rights. And advocates are critical of language set to be added to voter registration cards.

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Abortion policies could make the Republican Party's 'suburban women problem' worse

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

With the Supreme Court weighing in on abortion — again — voters are once again contending with which party best represents their views on the issue.

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Recent abortion policies could help sway women voters in the South

Monday, April 24, 2023

As the Supreme Court weighs in on a lower court decision related to mifepristone, how do suburban voters in Texas - ground zero for restrictions - view the national conversation around abortion?

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The price of a ballot signature is way up, and experts worry it's encouraging fraud

Thursday, April 06, 2023

A scandal affecting Michigan Republicans last year highlighted instances of suspected fraud in the signature-gathering process. Some states are now looking to crack down on bad actors.

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There's a fraud problem with signature-gathering for elections

Monday, April 03, 2023

Signature-gathering for elections can be fraught. This was highlighted last year, when several Michigan Republicans were blocked from the governor's ballot due to thousands of invalid signatures.

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More states appear poised to expand voting access for people who were incarcerated

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

There are a number of state-level efforts to expand voting access to people with prior felony convictions. One measure is on the governor's desk in Minnesota.

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More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Christian nationalism has been seen as outside the mainstream. But new data from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute indicates it's more common than many think.

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