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Legislation

Why the GOP’s newest plan to pass SAVE America Act is DOA

President Donald Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, calling it his “Number 1 priority,” and opposing efforts to reopen DHS first, even though the bill lacks the support needed to clear Democratic opposition. So, now lawmakers are floating a new plan: attach the SAVE America Act to a reconciliation bill, which would only need 50 votes to clear the Senate instead of the 60 required to end a filibuster.

The only problem? It wouldn’t work.

By Jim Saksa

March 24, 2026

‘Counsel apologizes to the court’: In biggest mistake yet, DOJ blows filing deadline in voter roll case, begs court’s forgiveness

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has once again tripped over the basics of litigation in its relentless quest for state voter registration records, blowing a deadline to properly serve Washington’s secretary of state with its lawsuit.

By Jim Saksa

March 24, 2026

Trump Accountability

Senate confirms election denier Markwayne Mullin as DHS chief

The Senate confirmed Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leaves office at the end of the month.

By Jacob Knutson

March 23, 2026

Trump Accountability

Lawsuit targets records on secret DOGE voter data agreement

A new lawsuit seeks to force the Trump Administration (SSA) to turn over records about a secretive “voter data agreement” between staff and an outside political group.

By Yunior Rivas

March 23, 2026

Missouri redistricting referendum has enough verified signatures for the ballot, organizers say

Efforts to oppose a Trump-backed gerrymander in Missouri cleared a major milestone Monday, when pro-voting activists announced that they had logged enough signatures to put the new pro-GOP congressional map to a statewide vote.

By Jen Rice

March 23, 2026

Behind a sheriff’s seizure of over half a million ballots: ‘Research’ from election conspiracy theorists

The group also claimed that the 2024 election in the county had nearly 34,000 more votes counted than cast. The county’s registrar has said the group misunderstood the data it was looking at.

By Matt Cohen

March 23, 2026

Fate of GOP’s attack on mail voting in the balance after Supreme Court argument

Following oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC) Monday, the fate of mail-in ballot grace periods remains unclear as the U.S.Supreme Court justices split on the case’s central question: When is a vote actually made — when a voter casts a ballot or when election officials receive it?

By Jim Saksa

March 23, 2026

GOP sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in challenge to California redistricting vote

A Republican sheriff running for governor of California has seized more than 650,000 ballots cast in last year’s redistricting referendum election, an alarming signal that the FBI’s recent conspiracy-fueled raid of a Georgia county election hub could be just the first in a new string of attacks on the results of past votes.

By Jen Rice

March 23, 2026

Trump: No DHS funding until Democrats ‘vote with Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act’

President Donald Trump ordered Republicans to refuse any deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless Democrats agree to pass the SAVE America Act.

By Yunior Rivas

March 23, 2026

‘Election Day means Election DAY!’: SCOTUS set to hear dangerous GOP bid to restrict mail voting

The question boils down to: When does someone vote? Is it when the ballot is submitted — whether placed in a drop box or a mailbox — or is it when it’s received by election officials?

By Jim Saksa

March 22, 2026