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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.
The lawyer representing Republican candidates in Missouri told a federal appeals court it’s still not too late to change the congressional map for the midterm election even after the U.S. and state Supreme Courts have already blocked the move.
So far, the DOJ has lost every one of its case to have been decided — and it also lost and appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) faces a second lawsuit filed by angry voters affected by the protracted legal battle over Republicans’ attempts to impose a gerrymandered congressional map for the midterm elections. The lawsuit is the latest public blow to Hoskins, who was found in contempt by the state Supreme Court for violating […]
Over 10% of U.S. residents now live in a different congressional district after an unparalleled deluge of mid-decade partisan redistricting.
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
“The public deserves to know who approved this, how far USPS was prepared to go, and what else may be underway,” the executive director of American Oversight said in a statement.
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