Maine early voting starts today. Here’s what you need to know
Given the intense scrutiny of Maine’s U.S. Senate race, voters are particularly on edge about the possibility of election interference from President Donald Trump.
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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve
President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s elections.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterms
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio.
Judge to rule on Trump’s bid to create voter eligibility lists before midterms
A federal judge in Maryland is set to rule on President Donald Trump’s effort to use vast amounts of Americans’ personal data to create state-by-state lists of people eligible to vote in federal elections, including the upcoming midterms.
Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority communities
Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places.
GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election […]
Hegseth urges military to vote as Trump administration makes it harder for them to cast ballots
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their families to cast ballots.
Court upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis.
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
The Postal Service is implementing broad cost-saving measures that will slow pick-up and delivery times that now cover more than 42% of the contiguous United States.
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