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California takes longer than many states to count votes for a mix of logistical and legal reasons, from the sheer size of its electorate to the state’s rules for mail-in ballots, signature verification and voter protections that give people time to fix certain ballot issues.
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Illinois lawmakers were forced to shelve a proposed ballot measure that would have given voters a chance to strengthen redistricting protections in their state.
Facing mounting setbacks to their nationwide gerrymanders, Republicans are dusting off a fringe legal theory to block voter referendums, court-ordered maps, and other democratic safeguards that threaten their edge.
The Justice Department is demanding states surrender their private voter data in the name of election integrity. But its rapidly expanding crusade to seize that data has been riddled with sloppy filings and a growing list of self-inflicted embarrassments that undercut the department’s claim to competence.
President Trump has attempted to deploy soldiers into at least five major Democratic-led U.S. cities. Stemming from his long desire to deploy the military internally, his snap mobilizations blatantly violate the country’s longstanding democratic practice of constraining the use of soldiers to enforce federal law.
Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump has barely managed to go a day without threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago — or New York, Baltimore, Seattle, New Orleans or any other American city. After ordering thousands of troops to Los Angeles in June and more to Washington, D.C. in August, Trump […]
Voter ID laws don’t solve the problem of voter fraud — they solve the “problem” of high voter turnout.
The DOJ wants states private voter data, but he more concerning question for voting rights experts and state election officials: Why?
From the Justice Department to the most peripheral federal agencies, Trump and his political appointees are weaponizing the bureaucracy to go after hundreds of the president’s political opponents and public officials who attempt to hold him accountable.
The Supreme Court’s decision last week to curtail nationwide injunctions has forced those challenging President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab to explore other legal avenues.
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