The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail-in ballots even if they were postmarked by Election Day.
This week's major action came in Southern states, with a significant state court ruling in Virginia and continued fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month.
The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.
A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle.
Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year's midterm elections.
Mejia, a former head of the Working Families Alliance who had support from Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, will fill the seat previously held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill and serve until January.