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Author: BY REID J. EPSTEIN - Publish Date: July 20, 2021 at 12:49AM The positive coronavirus tests for Texas lawmakers have taken some of the steam out of the second week of what the Democrats say will be a nearly monthlong stay to fight for voting rights at the Capitol.

Author: BY CARL HULSE - Publish Date: July 19, 2021 at 12:47AM The panel typically focuses on the Senate’s inner workings, but its chairwoman, Amy Klobuchar, is seeking to transform it into a major force on voting rights.

Author: BY REID J. EPSTEIN AND NICK CORASANITI - Publish Date: July 14, 2021 at 01:03AM After fleeing to Washington, Democratic state lawmakers began lobbying Congress to push for major voting rights legislation. Back in Austin, Republicans promised to ultimately pass their elections overhaul.

Author: BY DAVID LEONHARDT AND IAN PRASAD PHILBRICK - Publish Date: July 13, 2021 at 11:44PM Here’s a breakdown of the themes in the state laws that Republicans are passing.

Author: BY ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ - Publish Date: July 11, 2021 at 04:14AM Hervis Rogers was ineligible to cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential primary because he was still on parole, according to the state’s attorney general. He now faces four decades in prison.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: July 3, 2021 at 12:45AM Readers call the ruling "irresponsible" and a "blessing in disguise." Also: Tax-fraud charges against Donald Trump's company; campaign finance; rape in the workplace; the decline of yellow cabs.

Author: BY KATIE BENNER, NICK CORASANITI AND NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: June 26, 2021 at 12:46AM The lawsuit came after Republicans blocked ambitious federal legislation this week to protect voting rights.

Author: BY KATIE ROGERS - Publish Date: June 2, 2021 at 05:15AM While central to President Biden’s legacy, it is yet another tough challenge that Vice President Kamala Harris must tackle.

Author: BY NICK CORASANITI - Publish Date: May 31, 2021 at 11:15AM Republicans hit a significant stumbling block in their push to enact some of the strictest voting laws in the nation. But they could yet pass the measures through a special session of the Legislature.

Author: BY ASTEAD W. HERNDON - Publish Date: May 22, 2021 at 04:00PM Byron Donalds, a newly elected congressman, says Republicans are trying to secure elections, not suppress votes. And he disputes Donald Trump’s influence on trust.

Author: BY NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: April 21, 2021 at 05:44AM Democrats pushing a giant federal elections overhaul summoned leaders from the state, which has passed new voting restrictions, to spar over Republican efforts.

Author: BY RICHARD FAUSSET, NICK CORASANITI AND MARK LEIBOVICH - Publish Date: March 26, 2021 at 08:45AM The state’s new Republican-crafted law is set to restrict voting access in ways that Democrats and voting rights groups say will have an outsize impact on Black voters.

Author: BY CHARLES M. BLOW - Publish Date: March 18, 2021 at 06:24AM Because Black people vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, Republicans don’t want as many Black people to vote.

Author: BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR - Publish Date: March 7, 2021 at 05:00PM The executive order is relatively limited in scope. It calls upon officials at federal agencies to study and potentially expand access to voter registration materials.

Author: BY NICHOLAS FANDOS - Publish Date: March 4, 2021 at 07:03AM The omnibus voting, ethics and campaign finance bill would roll back barriers to voting enacted by Republican statehouses, but it faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

Author: BY CHARLES M. BLOW - Publish Date: March 1, 2021 at 07:20AM We are watching another theft of power.

Author: BY PAUL KRUGMAN - Publish Date: January 29, 2021 at 07:00AM But will it doom the rest of us, too?

Author: BY RICH BENJAMIN - Publish Date: January 18, 2021 at 07:00AM In this moment made so dark by white nationalism and truth denial, Americans should look to the country’s legacy of young leaders with forward-thinking wisdom.

Author: BY NICK CORASANITI AND JIM RUTENBERG - Publish Date: December 5, 2020 at 05:00PM Almost 160 million people voted this year, as new options made necessary by the pandemic removed many of the traditional barriers to casting ballots.

Author: BY PAUL KRUGMAN - Publish Date: November 10, 2020 at 07:00AM A Democratic win offers hope — but also a warning.