As Democracy Docket’s managing editor, Zack steers our news coverage and provides editorial direction and oversight. A former national reporter at MSNBC digital and a former editorial director at the Brennan Center for Justice, he is the author of The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy.
This week saw the defeat of President Donald Trump’s most dangerous scheme to suppress voting and rig the 2026 election. And Democracy Docket surrounded the story from all angles.
The fate of access to the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections now sits in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
With less than 60 days until Election Day, the fight against President Donald Trump’s crusade to restrict voting is reaching a defining moment.
Missouri Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Friday night aimed at reviving the state’s congressional gerrymander for the midterms.
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms, even though the order is currently blocked.
Democracy Docket was created to track the legal battles over voting rights more closely than any other news outlet — offering up-to-the-minute information on where things stand for Americans’ access to the ballot.
As President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ramps up its campaign to interfere in the midterms, no news outlet is keeping a closer eye on its plans than Democracy Docket.
It may still feel like mid summer — but we’re into the final stretch before a set of contests that could help determine the fate of our democracy.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.
Since the Trump administration started demanding state voter rolls last year, we’ve tracked the effort more closely than any other news outlet.
That’s what allowed us to produce the reporting we published this week.
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