Voting Rights

October 19, 2020

Postal data shows hundreds of complaints about election mail problems

Election officials in cities across the country had ballots delayed or go missing in the mail.

August 14, 2020

How the post office is performing in key battleground states

Explore first-class mail on-time performance in battleground states.

August 12, 2020

Postal delivery scores in five battleground states are missing targets as mail voting increases

Large cities in key states — Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee — have sub-par delivery records; a former deputy postmaster general estimates tens of thousands of mailed ballots will be at risk for late delivery.

July 23, 2020

A national forewarning: Wisconsin's high absentee volume and ballot errors

Voters there missed the fine print and the elections staff was overwhelmed. As November nears, a by-mail vote surge — due to virus safety — will spotlight the ballot counting in other presidential battleground states with slim voting margins.

November 15, 2019

Voting rights advocates call on Georgia to halt controversial purges

Following an APM Reports investigation, the League of Women Voters wants the state to eliminate its "use it or lose it" policy.

November 8, 2019

Georgia nearly purged hundreds of eligible voters by mistake

APM Reports identified 294 people wrongly included on a list of voters on track to have their registrations canceled.

October 29, 2019

How a massive voter purge in Georgia affected the 2018 election

State officials claimed that people removed from the voter rolls for inactivity had likely died or moved away. But an APM Reports investigation found tens of thousands who hadn't — and still wanted to vote.

October 28, 2019

A Georgia law prevented 87,000 people from voting last year. And it could have a big impact in 2020

Voter registration deadlines have long been a part of American elections, but an APM Reports investigation finds that they disenfranchised a surprising number of voters in 2018.

April 11, 2019

Georgia governor signs law to slow 'use it or lose it' voter purges

After an APM Reports investigation on the removal of thousands of voters, Brian Kemp signed a reform bill that gives people who haven't voted in several elections more time before their registrations are canceled.

November 5, 2018

Missouri leads the country in removing voters for 'mental incapacity'

People placed in adult guardianship can lose their right to vote, and in Missouri, this happens far more than in any other state.

November 2, 2018

People purged for not voting can cast ballots in Ohio

In a victory for voting rights advocates, a federal court ruling ensures some voters removed under the "use it or lose it" law won't be shut out on Election Day.

November 1, 2018

Former Confederate states have purged a growing number of felons from voting lists

Most of the country is making it easier for former felons to vote. But in the South, the number of voters removed due to felonies has nearly doubled in the past decade, an APM Reports analysis shows.

October 19, 2018

Georgia purged an estimated 107,000 people largely for not voting, an APM Reports investigation shows

A handful of states, most of them led by Republicans, are using someone's decision not to vote as the trigger for removing them from the rolls. No state has been more aggressive with this approach than Georgia, where Brian Kemp, the secretary of state, oversaw the purging of a growing number of voters ahead of his own run for governor, according to an APM Reports investigation. Voting rights advocates call it a new form of voter suppression, and they fear it will soon spread to other states.