A federal judge in Oregon said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent letter to Minnesota reinforced unease about how the Justice Department is wielding its authority in its nationwide push for state voter rolls, suggesting the administration’s campaign may be driven by improper motives.
This week brought a stunning revelation about the Trump administration co-ordinating with election deniers to put voters’ personal data at risk. And Democracy Docket played a key role in pushing the story forward.
The changes may keep new voters from ever getting their ballots, let alone mailing them. In many states, voters can apply to register or request a mail-in ballot by mail. But, like the votes themselves, those forms are often mailed at the last minute.
Maryland Democrats are taking the next steps towards redrawing their state’s congressional map this year, introducing legislation aimed at balancing out Republicans’ gerrymandered gains in other states.
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted.
It’s not the first time the DOJ filed a voter roll lawsuit in the wrong district.
The Houston primary election will be held using a new, drastically changed congressional map with different voters and a longtime incumbent from a neighboring district entering the race. It’s poised to be the most confusing congressional election this year.
Democratic lawmakers and pro-democracy advocates are intensifying scrutiny of the coordination between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and an advocacy group looking to overturn election results, disclosed in a recent Trump administration court filing.
The demands come amid a renewed Republican push to enact the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register.
A federal court ruled that Virginia’s lifetime voting ban for people with certain felony convictions violates federal law.