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The U.S. Justice Department refiled its lawsuit seeking access to Georgia’s unredacted voter records, after a federal judge tossed the department’s initial case for being filed in the wrong district.
Maureen Riordan, the veteran election lawyer whose appointment as Acting Chief of the Department of Justice’s voting section symbolized the department’s sharp anti-voting shift, is no longer at DOJ, the department said.
A federal judge in Oregon said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent letter to Minnesota reinforced unease about how the Justice Department is wielding its authority in its nationwide push for state voter rolls, suggesting the administration’s campaign may be driven by improper motives.
Democratic lawmakers and pro-democracy advocates are intensifying scrutiny of the coordination between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and an advocacy group looking to overturn election results, disclosed in a recent Trump administration court filing.
A federal court ruled that Virginia’s lifetime voting ban for people with certain felony convictions violates federal law.
A New York court ruled that the state’s 2024 congressional map illegally diluted the political power of Black and Latino voters*, ordering an immediate redraw that would likely give Democrats another seat in this year’s midterms.
Minnesota election officials denied a new Justice Department demand targeting the state’s same-day voter registration and vouching system, rejecting what they describe as an unlawful federal attempt to intrude on sensitive voter information and state authority over elections.
Maryland Democrats took a major step toward eliminating the state’s last GOP-held U.S. House seat, as a governor-appointed redistricting commission approved a new congressional map aimed at countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders ahead of the 2026 elections.
Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes.
The Justice Department sued Virginia for refusing to hand over unredacted voter registration data, making it the 24th state targeted in a sweeping federal campaign that courts have already begun to shut down.