Maricopa County will restore citizens’ voting registrations, Arizona AG says
Maricopa County will restore 25 voters’ registrations after they were falsely flagged as noncitizens, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) announced.
Jim Saksa
Jim covers election-related matters at the federal level. He previously reported for CQ Roll Call, WHYY and Philadelphia City Paper. Before journalism, Jim misspent some of his youth as a corporate attorney.
Democrats ask judge to toss DOJ’s ‘wholly baseless’ bid to block Alaska election if GOP loses
“This case never should have been filed,” lawyers for Alaskans for Mary and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee* (DSCC) wrote in the filing Sunday night. “DOJ’s Complaint is wholly baseless. The fact that DOJ nonetheless chose to file it raises profound constitutional concerns.”
Trump on DOJ challenge to Alaska election: ‘I’m the one that said do it’
Shortly after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Alaska to preemptively challenge the results of the state’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican loses, President Donald Trump said he ordered the dangerous lawsuit.
Democrats ask judge to fast track lawsuit to block Trump admin’s midterm threats
Democrats have asked a federal judge to move quickly in their lawsuit seeking to stop the White House from threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution and demanding that states remove voters from registration rolls.*
DOJ preemptively challenges Alaska election results if Democrat wins Senate race
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday, effectively calling for Alaska’s Division of Elections to set aside the results of the Senate race if anyone other than incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) wins.
Could House Republicans refuse to seat Democrats? Trump might try
Now, with Election Day fast approaching and polling predicting a shellacking for the GOP, some legal and political analysts worry that Trump may attempt to enlist Republicans in Congress to launch what would amount to a bloodless coup: refusing to seat victorious Democrats in order to maintain the GOP’s House majority.
Giving voter rolls to DOJ may have violated Alaska law, judge says, allowing lawsuit to continue
An Alaska Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit challenging election officials’ decision to hand over the state’s voter rolls to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to go forward, saying the Division of Elections may have violated voters’ right to privacy.
Seizing ballots would be an illegal attack on democracy. Trump might try anyway
President Donald Trump has no legitimate grounds to order the seizure of ballots or voting machines during this year’s midterm elections.
But the dismal reality is he may try anyway.
As Election Day nears, these federal cases could still impact access to the ballot
Democracy Docket has outlined the most important cases left ahead of the midterms.
Election deniers say an obscure rule on Wi-Fi routers means Trump can decide how votes are counted. Here’s why they’re wrong
The convoluted plan rests on a dubious legal theory: that a little-used Commerce Department regulation on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain” that mostly covers Wi-Fi routers and antivirus apps actually authorizes Lutnick to order sweeping changes to voting machine systems and mandate hand counts of ballots across the country.
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