From Virginia up to Maine, New Jersey out to California, and plenty of places in between, Tuesday was a great night for democracy — and an awful night for President Donald Trump.
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.
A top federal voting official has accused Democrats of encouraging “open borders” and widespread illegal voting by undocumented immigrants because “they need the votes.”
Another week, another Republican gerrymander rammed through at the expense of minority voters.
An anti-voting ballot measure backed by the GOP could significantly imperil access to voting in Maine — especially for voters who are elderly, poor, or live with disabilities.
This was the week when it became clear to anyone paying attention: The GOP’s drive to gerrymander districts in their favor — usually at the cost of minority representation — threatens the long-term fairness of elections.
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the state’s 2023 Election Procedure Manual (EPM), citing the “need for clarity in upcoming elections.”
Republicans have seized on the discovery of a box of ballots to claim that Maine’s elections are dangerously insecure. But some in the state smell a rat.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals.
This week, a federal court in El Paso, Texas has been hearing a case that could determine who controls Congress after next year’s elections. And Democracy Docket has been one of the very few national news outlets to cover it.