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Five states have measures on the ballot this year that would amend their constitutions to ban noncitizens from voting. Because noncitizen voting is already illegal under both federal and state law, the measures have largely been seen as having little effect — other than perhaps boosting GOP turnout for the midterms.
The Trump administration and GOP responded to New Jersey’s glitch with outrage. What happened in California should have been a much bigger scandal.
Republicans will bring the bill — deemed the most restrictive election legislation in U.S. history — to the Senate floor for debate today.
The disability community has been fighting for the right to vote for decades. The GOP’s SAVE America Act, the most restrictive voting bill in U.S. history, threatens to roll back this progress with new draconian restrictions.
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.
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.
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.
Indiana has rapidly become the latest flashpoint in the GOP’s national push to engineer aggressive mid-decade gerrymanders. Few states illustrate the immense costs to voters and how far lawmakers are willing to go to appease President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration and GOP officials in key states have viciously targeted the voting rights of naturalized citizens with new access barriers, selective surveillance and intimidatory rhetoric — signaling that the full promises of citizenship for many remain unattainable.
“These are desperate, transparent attempts to run out the clock, obstruct court-ordered reforms, and confuse the public ahead of 2026.”
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