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Missouri abruptly dropped a federal lawsuit that sought to exclude some noncitizens from being included in the population count used to allocate seats in Congress and Electoral College votes among the states.
Discovery of the document occurs as DHS leaders have pledged sending ICE agents to polls and reports the agency is illegally accessing state voter rolls.
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.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified.
A federal appeals court ruling in favor of a gerrymandered map for Missouri would void overseas ballots that have already been cast.
A federal judge denied a voting rights group’s request to block part of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship voting system after the state changed its voter notices and gave the group much of what it had asked for.
A senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official warned federal prosecutors that they could be fired if they refused to pursue voter fraud cases brought to them by the FBI or Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Democrats are calling on the Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog to open a probe into new whistleblower allegations that the agency unlawfully accessed state voting records using Americans’ personal data.
A group of pro-voting and civil rights organizations is asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from using federal law enforcement to intimidate voters during the midterm elections.
After the Virginia Supreme Court threw out the results of a special election in which voters approved a new map proposed by Democrats, the state will use the same congressional map as in years past.
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