Trump targets the left; a ‘Super SAVE Act’; and an era of ‘resistance to democracy’
This week’s biggest story for democracy didn’t happen in a courtroom, a legislative chamber, or a government agency. It happened on a college campus in Utah.
Zachary Roth
Leading Election Conspiracy Theorist Appointed to DHS Leadership Position
Heather Honey was appointed as the deputy assistant secretary for elections integrity.
Advocates File Immediate Legal Challenge to Texas Gerrymander
Hours after Texas lawmakers approved a new gerrymandered congressional map Saturday morning, Texans asked a court to block it.
The plaintiffs* filed an amended complaint in an ongoing challenge to the electoral districts Texas drew in 2021 that alleged that those maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Latino communities.
California Democrats Pass Redistricting Bill to Counter Trump’s Texas Gerrymander
California Democrats approved bills that set up a November election in which voters will be asked to greenlight a new congressional map.
Texas Republicans Vote to Advance Extreme Gerrymander
Texas Republicans advanced their mid-decade gerrymander as a House committee voted to send the measure to the full chamber for consideration.
GOP Lays Groundwork for a New Attack on Federal Voter Protections
Republicans and their allies are laying the groundwork for weakening the crucial federal law that blocked many of their attempts to purge voter registration rolls on the eve of the 2024 election. At a recent congressional hearing, both GOP witnesses urged Congress to consider changes to the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the landmark 1993 […]
Don’t Say Vote: NC GOPers Want to Bar Election Officials From Encouraging Turnout
North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. It’s the latest and starkest example of a trend among Republicans of opposing even nonpartisan outreach efforts that could boost voting rates. The proposed ban “raises real questions about what democracy means […]
Texas Used DOJ’s Concerns to Justify Redistricting. Now It Says They’re Off Base.
Days after saying it needed to redistrict because of constitutional concerns raised about its congressional map by the U.S. Department of Justice, Texas argued in a new court filing Saturday that those concerns are in fact off base.
CORRECTED: DOJ Jumps on SCOTUS Nationwide Injunctions Ruling to Boost Trump’s Anti-Voting Order
Citing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling curtailing nationwide injunctions, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge to modify a previous court order to revive a key portion of President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-voting decree.
SCOTUS Says Human Rights Should Be Left to the Same ‘Democratic Process’ it Undermined
Justice Roberts’ determination that he will leave policy involving queer people to the “democratic process” is nothing more than a mirage.
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