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A New Jersey judge refused to halt Ocean County’s investigation into dozens of Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the midterms, allowing election officials to continue the GOP-led process and potentially flag voters for additional scrutiny at the polls.
Voting rights groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal protections against purges within 90 days of an election, warning that last-minute removals can disenfranchise eligible voters.
The Trump administration continued airing taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered the campaign halted, then told the court that an internal email delay was to blame.
Federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home Monday, just 22 days before the Minnesota Democrat faces reelection. The extraordinary move against a sitting member of Congress drew scrutiny over the Trump administration’s departure from longstanding Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance meant to prevent federal law enforcement from influencing elections.
In a major ruling, a federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s nationwide voter roll campaign, delivering a damaging blow to the Department of Justice’s effort to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls, compare them against federal data and pressure states to remove voters it deems ineligible.
Missouri refused to give the Trump administration a copy of its unredacted voter rolls containing sensitive personal information. Instead, according to newly released records obtained by Democracy Forward, the state offered Department of Justice officials something more unusual: the chance to take a look in-person.
New Jersey voters sued Ocean County election officials Thursday, seeking to stop a GOP-driven purge of Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the November midterms.
A day after a Georgia judge threw out its challenge to Gwinnett County’s expanded mail ballot return policy, Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
The Trump administration was hit with a second lawsuit over its use of taxpayer money to air campaign-style television ads promoting President Donald Trump just weeks before the midterm elections.
Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections.