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ICYMI at Democracy Docket: DOJ’s new anti-voting lawyers; and the hilarious incompetence of its push for state voter data

Our team has been digging in on what’s probably the most important ongoing voting story of 2026, which will shape the voting access landscape for the midterms: the unprecedented push by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain state voter rolls. 

By Zachary Roth

States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really?

The top election officials in 10 states are banding together to push back against the Trump administration’s demands for voter registration records, sending a joint letter Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the federal government to clear up the contradictory statements the agencies have made over the data’s use. 

By Jim Saksa

As Trump Plots to End Mail-In Ballots, Some Republicans Balk 

After Donald Trump lashed out against voting by mail, a few Republican officials disagreed — politely! — with the president’s plans for an unconstitutional executive order.

An absentee voter himself, Trump railed against mail-in ballots and “Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES,” in a social media post Monday morning, which he reiterated in rambling remarks at the White House that afternoon.

By Jim Saksa

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