Jacob is a reporter at Democracy Docket and covers anti-Trump accountability litigation. He is from South Dakota and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English and political science from Augustana University. Before joining Democracy Docket, he covered breaking news at Axios.
The Trump administration is pressuring California to disenfranchise thousands of people it claims are noncitizens after voting has already begun. But the administration has offered scant details on how it drafted a list of people it claims are illegally registered to vote in the Golden State. For a central plank of the administration’s claim — […]
With the federal government trying to keep tens of thousands of people in his state from having their votes counted, California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused President Trump of trying to rig the upcoming midterm elections.
Through its extraordinary lawsuit against California, the Justice Department is trying to bypass bans on last-minute registration purges by targeting voters’ ballots directly.
In public statements, the Trump administration misrepresented central allegations in its lawsuit seeking to bar California from counting ballots from tens of thousands of voters in the midterms.
President Trump threatened California election officials with jail time hours after the Justice Department warned that they could face “criminal exposure” if they do not disenfranchise thousands of voters the federal government has flagged as potential noncitizens.
Since returning to office last year, President Trump and the election deniers he’s placed in critical positions across the federal government have attacked voting on multiple fronts. Now, they’re targeting the most fundamental step toward casting a ballot in U.S. elections: voter registration.
Three voting and privacy rights organizations asked a federal court Thursday to declare the Trump administration’s “secretive and unlawful effort” to collect millions of Americans’ voter records unlawful under federal privacy laws.
More than 1,000 North Carolina voters will begin receiving letters this week from the state election board requesting they verify their citizenship status — although the board claims compliance is voluntary.
Early voting begins Tuesday in Georgia, and voters can now cast their ballots in several races that will shape future elections in the state. But whether they vote in person or by mail, they will be doing so under intense scrutiny from the White House, the Republican Party and unelected state officials.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shared voter data with Palantir, the data analytics and software giant co-founded by the conservative political activist and avowed skeptic of democracy Peter Thiel, according to internal government documents reviewed by Democracy Docket.
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