President Donald Trump’s recent executive order creates new voting requirements, which Bonta argued overstepped his executive authority.

California and a coalition of other states sued President Trump Thursday over his recent order purporting to radically reshape voting rules nationwide, calling it an "illegal power grab."

The suit seeks to block new requirements that people provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a demand that all mail ballots be received by Election Day.

Villaraigosa finished third in the gubernatorial primary in 2018, out of the running. That’s because Gavin Newsom surged to the lead in the primary and the major Republican candidate, John Cox, rounded up many GOP votes to finish second and make the General Election run-off.

California, once again, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration, this time over a recent executive order that state Attorney General Rob Bonta said restricts voting rights and “tramples on state and congressional authority.

It’s been six years since a judge ruled that Santa Monica’s election system discriminates against Latino voters. In that time, there have been at least three more elections — but the city hasn’t had to change the way it runs them.

Requiring voters to show ID at polls is controversial, in part because it was historically used as a tool to disenfranchise Black voters.

Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that compels voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and bars states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

The judge, who last year dismissed the state's lawsuit and was reversed by a state appellate court, didn't issue a ruling in the latest spat between the conservative coastal city and the left-leaning state.

Lt. Oscar Martinez, a Sheriff’s Department employee, will challenge Sheriff Robert Luna, who is seeking reelection.

In one Northern California U.S. House primary last year, a recount settled the outcome nearly two months after the election. At the time, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who oversees elections ...