Vote centers have made it easier to vote. Cleta Mitchell is coming for them
The battle over vote centers is currently playing out in Arizona, where Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last year vetoed a GOP bill to abolish the use of them.
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In battling a GOP gerrymander, Missouri voters are fighting for American democracy
President Donald Trump’s redistricting arms race is wreaking havoc across the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone.
After Minneapolis, Trump ushers in death of independent federal law enforcement
Through his response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, President Trump is tearing down the longstanding firewall between the White House and Justice Department and compromising independent federal law enforcement.
Republicans are desperate to crack down on direct democracy
Across the country, a growing number of Republican-led state legislatures are moving to gut the direct democracy process — stripping voters of their power to use ballot measures to pass laws when elected officials refuse to act.
These Are The Trump Power Grabs We’re Watching in the New Year
From trying to unilaterally reinterpret the Constitution to attempting to usurp states’ authority over elections, President Trump’s relentless, extreme attacks on our democracy have generated an avalanche of legal challenges. Here are the crucial legal challenges to Trump we’re watching closely in the new year.
The Best and Worst of 2025’s Fight for Democracy
It was a tough year for democracy and voting rights, but it wasn’t all bad. The November elections offered more than just a glimmer of hope that next year’s midterms will be a major rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Holly Jolly Gerrymander: Here’s How Trump Attempted to Rig Elections in 2025
Much like replacing a smoke detector or coming down with the flu, it’s best if we only have to deal with redistricting once per decade. And yet, here we are, mid-decade, wading through nonstop redistricting news because 77 million people voted for a convicted felon who will happily demolish democracy like it’s the East Wing of the White House if it helps him hold on to power in the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump DOJ’s Campaign for Voter Data is a Master Class in Incompetence
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.
Republicans Are Fully on Board with Trump’s Attack on Mail Voting. But the Beltway Press Won’t Say it
Is President Donald Trump fighting a lonely crusade to restrict mail voting, taking on a Republican Party that’s staunchly protecting it? Um, obviously not. But you might think so from how much of the Beltway press covers the issue.
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
It’s a “power grab and a fishing expedition… meant to undermine state authority over elections,” Dax Goldstein said “It’s the states that have the power to run the voting process — not DOJ, not DHS, not the president.”
