Even red states are defiantly rejecting DOJ’s demands for private voter data
At least eight states led by GOP election chiefs have so far refused the DOJ’s demands to hand over its unredacted voter rolls.
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Amid new GOP-led restrictions, North Carolina students lead a fight to vote during the midterm primary
Thousands of North Carolina students do not have easy access to on-campus voting sites this primary season because of a state election board decision. But students are still rallying to get out the vote.
Right-wing influencers are going viral claiming voter fraud. The problem? They’re wrong
Far-right figures and conservative influencers are pushing out false narratives of widespread voter fraud with videos highlighting decrepit and abandoned buildings or empty lots, where they claim people are illegally registered to vote.
‘We want to take over’: All the (recent) times Trump has talked about controlling elections
Over the past month, President Trump has gone on the attack against democratic elections, again denying that he lost the 2020 presidential race and expressing his desire to seize ballots, cancel votes and strip the states of control over elections.
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.
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.
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.”
Georgia Republicans and the Trump Administration Are Working to Undermine the 2026 Elections
An avalanche of anti-voting laws could be coming to the Peach State in 2026.
Pick-Up Cuts by Trump’s USPS Could Disenfranchise Mail Voters
Service cuts initiated under President Donald Trump’s first postmaster general could delay mail throughout most of the nation, putting millions of mail-in voters at risk of blowing ballot deadlines in future elections.
GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander
Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered GOP gerrymander, via ballot measure. But Republican officials are pulling out all the stops to stymie the effort.
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