Councilmember Wendell Felder withdrew a bill that could have delayed the implementation after not receiving enough support.

Eleven Washington, D.C. residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the lack of representation for D.C. residents in Congress violates ...

What do three small, picturesque cities in Vermont—Burlingon, Montpelier, and Winooski—have in common with the nation’s capital? For one thing, they all allow non-citizens to vote. Along with a few ...

Amid talk of D.C. statehood, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder brought increased attention to the District’s lack of voting representation in Congress in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus ...

Voting rights protections are in the crosshairs of partisan divides. 2028 Olympic athletes may face genetic testing. ESPN and the NFL are putting a ring on it. On the sixtieth anniversary of the ...

Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington’s police force this week is adding insult to the injury of the United States’ long denial of equal political standing to the capital’s residents. On Monday, the ...

Virginia is one of just a few states where only the governor can restore voting rights for people with felony convictions.