Nearly half of Americans don’t want ICE at polls, survey shows
Deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the polls is illegal. And it’s deeply unpopular among voters.
Natalie Hausmann
Natalie reports on all things elections and voting rights as Democracy Docket’s news writer. She is a recent American University graduate and is especially interested in disability voting rights reporting. Her work has also been published in The Buffalo News, Public Health Watch and The 51st.
Report: Trump wanted all mail ballots sent by certified mail
President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict mail voting through the United States Postal Service was supposed to be even more prohibitive, with the help of two election conspiracists inside the White House.
The local prosecutors who fought ICE are ready to combat federal election interference
A day or two after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, in the thick of President Donald Trump’s “Operation Metro Surge,” Steve Descano got a call from prominent Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
Texas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls
Tens of thousands of Texas voters are missing from county rolls because the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) did not properly process their voter registration applications.
Top election officials prepare to prevent and prosecute election interference
When the U.S. Supreme Court threw mail voting into a legal saga this summer, voters in Maine started canceling their absentee ballot requests, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said Wednesday during a discussion with top election officials. Bellows said voters paid the price of Trump’s crusade on mail voting when they were confused about […]
North Carolina mail ballot restrictions will cause ‘arbitrary disenfranchisement,’ new lawsuit warns
North Carolina’s last-minute restrictions on absentee ballots will lead to “arbitrary disenfranchisement,” pro-voter groups* argue in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Delaware absentee ballot law greenlit for midterms
The Delaware state Supreme Court fast-tracked a decision late Monday to uphold the state’s permanent absentee ballot law. This means eligible voters can use the balloting method in this fall’s midterm elections.
Fewer Democrats say they will vote by mail after Trump’s failed assault
President Donald Trump’s all-out assault on mail voting has come at a time when more Democrats use it. Now, fewer Democratic voters say they plan to vote by mail in the midterms, compared to how many did so in 2024, an NBC News poll reported today. This year, 36% of registered Democrats say they plan […]
Kash Patel suggests FBI agents may be at polls
FBI Director Kash Patel suggested at a Senate hearing Tuesday that federal agents may be present at the polls in November.
Democratic senators blast Trump scheme to ‘rig the election’ by illegally accessing voter data, following whistleblower claims
Responding to new whistleblower claims, Democrats warned against what they called the latest Trump administration move to “rig the election” by illegally accessing voter data. In a Monday afternoon press conference, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately stop efforts to […]