‘A massive burden on American eligible voters’: State election chiefs oppose GOP voter suppression bills
The Democratic chief election officials of six states are denouncing two new voter suppression bills making their way through Congress.
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Matt is a senior reporter covering elections, voting rights and threats to democracy. He’s covered far-right extremism, dark money and state and local elections as an investigative reporter at The American Independent and Mother Jones. Prior to reporting on politics, Matt cut his teeth as a local reporter in D.C. at the Washington City Paper and DCist.
A Venezuela election conspiracy may be fueling the Trump admin’s attack on Fulton County
For a number of election deniers, Tulsi Gabbard’s involvement in the Fulton County raid was a sign that the Trump administration’s 2020 probe would finally confirm a long-held, outrageous conspiracy.
‘DOJ doesn’t have authority to run a state’s elections’: West Virginia’s GOP election chief pushes back on voter roll grab
Secretary of State Kris Warner is the latest in a string of Republican chief election officials to push back against DOJ’s voter roll grab.
FBI’s Fulton County raid was based on reams of debunked 2020 fraud claims from election deniers, records show
A number of election deniers and conspiracy theorists are referenced as witnesses for evidence to justify the FBI’s warrant.
Trump doubles down on taking over elections, as outrage builds
Congress members, state election chiefs, and voting rights advocates are decrying President Donald Trump’s insistence that the federal government wrest control of elections from the states.
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
“We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” Bannon said. “We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again. And you can whine and cry and throw your toys out of the pram all you want, but we will never again allow an election to be stolen.”
Colorado secretary of state: Fulton County raid is ‘weaponization of the justice system’
As Colorado’s chief elections officer, Griswold has been at the forefront fighting against the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on voting and elections
Trump admin officials promised to address state election leaders. They bailed
Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, and Tulsi Gabbard were last-minute additions to the National Association of Secretaries of State winter conference, but canceled at the last minute.
Minnesota secretary of state, other Dems preparing for Trump to interfere in the midterms
Should the Trump administration try to interfere with the midterm elections, Democratic states will be ready, according to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon.
Fulton Co. Democrats allege FBI lacked authority for election center raid
The 2020 election records are still sealed, two County Commissioners allege.
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