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Zachary Roth

Zachary Roth

Zachary Roth is the National Democracy Reporter for States Newsroom.

A week out from Election Day, outside groups have reported spending $7.7 million on behalf of Democratic and Republican candidates. (Photo by Daniella Heminghaus for the New Jersey Monitor)

GOP-led states plan new voter data systems to replace one they rejected. Good luck with that

By: - May 30, 2023

Some states, including Texas and Virginia, have said they plan to create their own data-sharing networks to replace ERIC

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A top GOP lawyer wants to crack down on the college vote. States already are

By: - April 30, 2023

Efforts to make it difficult for students and other young people to vote are almost as old as the 26th Amendment.

A week out from Election Day, outside groups have reported spending $7.7 million on behalf of Democratic and Republican candidates. (Photo by Daniella Heminghaus for the New Jersey Monitor)

Federal agencies lag in registering voters despite Biden executive order, advocates say

By: - April 12, 2023

Within weeks of taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order — hailed by voter advocates as potentially transformative — that for the first time committed the U.S. government to registering new voters at federal agencies. But just over two years later, most of the 10 agencies examined in a recent report had made […]

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Red-state elections officials balk at voter registration outreach

By: - April 1, 2023

GOP-led states are leaving an interstate compact aimed at helping states keep clean voter rolls.