Poll: Americans worry Trump will seize ballots, voting machines in midterms
A new poll from States United shows a majority of Americans concerned Trump could interfere with the 2026 midterm elections.
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.
As SAVE America Act stalls, GOP states are quietly enacting their own proof of citizenship laws
Read Democracy Docket’s state-by-state breakdown here.
Liberal Chris Taylor clinches Wisconsin Supreme Court seat in a win for voting rights
The battleground state’s highest court will now have a 5-2 liberal supermajority. This could signal a new future for voting rights.
WATCH: How pro-democracy activists fought off GOP gerrymandering in Utah
Better Boundaries launched a successful campaign against a ballot initiative that would legalize partisan gerrymandering.
Trump anti-voting order buried in lawsuits as fourth challenge rolls in
A coalition of Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit that aims to block President Donald Trump’s newest executive order attacking mail-in voting.
WATCH: Former DOJ civil rights chief slams ‘decimation’ of department’s voting rights work
“It’s a Justice Department that has been decimated,” Kristen Clarke told Democracy Docket. “And its ranks are now being filled by people who’ve never enforced federal laws before.”
Minnesotans mobilize for third and potentially biggest No Kings Day
Minneapolis organizers have been protesting Trump for over a year. Tomorrow, they’ll be joined by millions across the nation for the third No Kings Day.
Trump’s pick for DHS chief won’t rule out ICE at polls
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), the potential next head of the DHS said he’d be willing to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the polls for a “specific threat.”
Trump: ‘I WILL NEVER (EVER!) ENDORSE’ any senator who votes against SAVE
Republicans will bring the bill — deemed the most restrictive election legislation in U.S. history — to the Senate floor for debate today.
DOJ says voter data won’t be used for immigration enforcement ‘now’
The Justice Department would not rule out using voter data for immigration enforcement during a federal hearing in Minnesota, but said such data was not currently being used.