Hansi Lo Wang

Hansi Lo Wang appears in the following:

Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

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The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates

Monday, May 08, 2023

A large share of non-U.S. citizens may have been missed in the 2020 tally of the country's residents, the Census Bureau says. The tally affects the distribution of political power and federal funds.

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Voter turnout for the 2022 elections was the 2nd highest for midterms since 2000

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Voter turnout for last year's elections was the second highest for a midterms since 2000, and close to half of voters cast ballots early or by mail, estimates from a Census Bureau survey show.

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A North Carolina court overrules itself in a case tied to a disputed election theory

Friday, April 28, 2023

North Carolina's highest court has overruled one of its own rulings, throwing into question if the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision on the major elections case known as Moore v. Harper.

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Changing how U.S. forms ask about race and ethnicity is complicated. Here's why

Thursday, April 27, 2023

How your race and ethnicity are reported for the U.S. census, federal surveys and other forms may change. That could affect data used to redraw voting maps, enforce civil rights and guide research.

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Did the last census overcount Asian Americans? It depends on where you look

Friday, April 07, 2023

The U.S. Census Bureau said there was a national overcount of Asian Americans in its 2020 tally. But a new report finds Asian Americans may have also been left out of some state and county numbers.

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Barbara Bryant, the first woman to head the U.S. census, has died at 96

Friday, March 03, 2023

Barbara Bryant, the first woman to ever head the U.S. census, has died at age 96. A market researcher, she oversaw the 1990 count as an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush's administration.

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A Supreme Court justice's paragraph could mean weaker protections for voters of color

Thursday, March 02, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on some sentences to a 2021 ruling — planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

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How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

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Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Voting officials in the swing state of Pennsylvania are still dealing with election misinformation. Voting rights advocates hope more election reforms could help fend off any disruptions in 2024.

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How a major election theory case at the U.S. Supreme Court could get thrown out

Monday, February 06, 2023

A major U.S. Supreme Court case from North Carolina about a once-fringe election theory may end up getting tossed out of the high court now that a state court in GOP hands is rehearing the case.

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New 'Latino' and 'Middle Eastern or North African' checkboxes proposed for U.S. forms

Thursday, January 26, 2023

The Biden administration is proposing that the U.S. census and federal surveys change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."

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The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

Sunday, January 22, 2023

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

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The lame-duck Senate has a new bill to protect the census after Trump's interference

Friday, December 16, 2022

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has introduced a last-minute bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other counts from political interference. It's unlikely to move ahead.

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Arizona is set to finally make its election results official today

Monday, December 05, 2022

Arizona is set to certify its midterm election results after officials in a rural, Republican-controlled county risked more than 47,000 people's votes by missing a legal deadline to certify them.

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Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order

Thursday, December 01, 2022

After a court order, officials in the GOP-controlled county certified midterm election results days after they missed the legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.

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Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines

Monday, November 28, 2022

Around 164,000 people's votes for the midterm elections are at risk after Arizona's Cochise County and Pennsylvania's Luzerne County failed to certify local results by their states' deadlines.

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Why elections are not over until the votes are certified

Monday, November 14, 2022

Even after vote counting ends, the midterms are not officially over until the results are certified. Election deniers who don't like the results may try to slow down or stop this step.

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Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Some states, like Pennsylvania, may be slower to report election results because of laws that don't allow officials to start preparing mail ballots for counting until Election Day.

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Why 'undated' ballots have sparked a new election lawsuit in Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 05, 2022

A legal saga over mail-in ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes that are missing dates handwritten by voters could determine midterm results in the key swing state.

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