Voting rights advocates challenge South Dakota’s ‘confusing’ proof-of-citizenship system
A coalition of voting rights advocates sued South Dakota over the state’s implementation of a new strict proof-of-citizenship law.
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Yunior is a breaking news reporter from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting. He is passionate about civic education and engagement.
California Supreme Court puzzled by GOP sheriff’s ‘bizarre’ defense for seizing ballots
The California Supreme Court appeared skeptical of several sweeping legal theories advanced by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to defend his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special election.
California Supreme Court confronts GOP sheriff who seized 650,000 ballots in election conspiracy
The cases force the court to confront an extraordinary question: Can a county sheriff seize counted ballots from election officials, take them to a law enforcement facility to conduct his own investigation outside the normal election process?
‘Bulls**t’: Nevada election chief blasts Trump’s noncitizen voter roll claims after DHS walks them back
Nevada’s top election official called the Trump administration’s effort to police state voter rolls “bulls**t” after the Department of Homeland Security walked back claims recently amplified by President Donald Trump that thousands of noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in the battleground state.
Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
A Florida lawyer who pleaded guilty after illegally accessing government election websites appears to have joined President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) — and taken part in a recent DOJ election monitoring operation in Minnesota.
Texas appeals court won’t block GOP-led county from changing voting maps after primary
A Texas appeals court denied an emergency effort to stop Galveston County from using new voting districts in the November election, allowing the GOP-led county’s post-primary map change to move forward for now as the general election approaches.
Democrats sue Trump DOJ for records on potential ballot seizures in midterms
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Department of Justice, seeking records about any plans to seize ballots, voting machines or other election materials before the 2026 midterms are certified.
Missouri Supreme Court swiftly takes up fight over voters’ right to challenge GOP gerrymander
The Missouri Supreme Court moved to immediately take up the fight over whether voters can challenge Republicans’ new congressional gerrymander through a referendum, bypassing an appeals court to fast-track the case just weeks before ballots must be finalized.
Missouri judge sides with GOP, blocks voters from challenging gerrymander
A Missouri judge ruled that voters cannot use the state’s referendum process to challenge a congressional map, handing Republicans another victory in their nearly yearlong effort to keep a pro-GOP gerrymander in place and setting up an expedited showdown at the Missouri Supreme Court.
Court dismisses lawsuit seeking to prevent misuse of seized Fulton County voter data
In a loss for voters, a federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from misusing sensitive voter information seized from Fulton County, Georgia — denying voters potential safeguards against voter purges and other improper uses of the data.