This year, National Voter Registration Day is September 27, 2016 and hundreds of events are being planned across the nation. This page features a directory of all planned events so that future voters and those interested in volunteering can find local events near them. 

The U.S. Supreme Court was established by Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution granted the Supreme Court ultimate jurisdiction over all laws, especially those in which their constitutionality was at issue.

President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

Progressive Thought Matters - Brown Bag Session with Kevin Rader

Georgia's strict system for adding new voters to the rolls risks disenfranchising tens of thousands of minorities in the battleground state this fall, according to a new lawsuit by several voting rights groups.

Indiana voters will still be able to cast a straight ticket on Election Day, but that vote will not count for any individual candidate for county council or town council at-large.

Results are out from a recent WTHR/HPI Poll analyzing the state of the Gubernatorial and United States Senate races in Indiana.  The polls show Democratic candidates John Gregg and Evan Bayh holding narrow advantages in the contests, with each candidate's lead being driven by strong support from minorities and women, highlighting the important role these voters will play in this year's election.

"I'm afraid that they'll find something else so felons can't have their rights."

Evidence in the North Carolina case has shown it is tougher to verify registrations when people sign up during early voting. But although the risk of fraud is real, the judges ruled there's little to no evidence of it actually happening.

Critics dubbed it the “monster” law — a sprawling measure that stitched together various voting restrictions being tested in other states.