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Federal judges in eastern Virginia have moved to strip Lindsey Halligan, the embattled loyalist lawyer President Trump handpicked to prosecute his enemies last year, of her alleged U.S. attorney title more than a month after a court formally disqualified her from the role.
From California to Virginia, this was a good week for voting rights and fair elections. And we kept you up to date on all of it.
The Justice Department sued Virginia for refusing to hand over unredacted voter registration data, making it the 24th state targeted in a sweeping federal campaign that courts have already begun to shut down.
The Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey — both Democrats — marking a striking escalation in an already volatile standoff between the state and federal government.
The Virginia Senate approved a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions after they complete their sentence and guarantee the right to vote in the commonwealth.
The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
When opponents of Missouri’s new, GOP-backed congressional map began gathering signatures to advance a ballot measure to veto the map, they faced an onslaught of opposition from Republicans.
Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block California’s voter-approved congressional map after a federal court firmly rejected their challenge.
Experts say the unverified claims rely on cherry-picked data to paint a misleading picture in an effort to attack Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy.”
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