The Bernie Sanders campaign has credited younger voters as a key to the 74-year-old Vermont senator’s success in the Democratic primary race to date. But as the campaign has seen, sometimes young voters still just don’t turn out to vote, no matter how motivated they may be.

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Compromise isn't a dirty word when it comes to West Virginia election policy. Fact is, it's quite a useful and productive one.

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New Mexico did it. Maryland’s doing it. Colorado’s making the move. North Dakota and Rhode Island are getting close. At NCSL we think that when three states do something, it’s a trend—and this is five states and counting!

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While eyes are glued to the unusual doings of the presidential nominating races, there’s another story to be told. That is:  primaries aren’t just for presidents. Indeed, they aren’t even mainly for presidents.

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My colleagues and I have answered at least a dozen requests in the last week from citizens asking how to vote. 

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On March 1, voters in 13 states will head to the polls—or in a few states, their neighborhood caucus—to help decide the party nominees for president.

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It’s election season again—and a presidential election no less—so everyone has seen the ubiquitous photo of a polling place recently.

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So the million dollar question—other than who will fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat—is what will happen to undecided U.S. Supreme Court cases heard or to be heard this term.

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The news that Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, may launch a run for president as an independent has added yet another wrinkle to an already atypical presidential race. Armed with a possible $1 billion of his own money, the former mayor could have a big impact on the race—if he can get on the ballot.

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When you go into a state to learn about elections technology, as NCSL did in Rhode Island last week, you expect to talk about aging voting machines and the possibilities for replacing them.

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