U.S. attorney accuses 3 Arizona nonprofits of ‘knowingly’ registering noncitizens to vote
The inquiry comes as DOJ is trying to force states and counties to investigate and disenfranchise voters it claims are not citizens.
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Arizona ACLU says Maricopa County election workers unlawfully demanded ID for ballot drop-off
Poll workers in Maricopa County have been demanding voters present ID to drop off mail ballots in person, the ACLU said Tuesday in a letter.
Maricopa County will restore citizens’ voting registrations, Arizona AG says
Maricopa County will restore 25 voters’ registrations after they were falsely flagged as noncitizens, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) announced.
Arizona demands Maricopa County restore citizens’ voting registrations
Arizona’s attorney general sued Maricopa County to restore 25 voters’ registrations after they were falsely flagged as noncitizens.
Supreme Court must preserve protections against last-minute purges, advocates warn
Voting rights groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal protections against purges within 90 days of an election, warning that last-minute removals can disenfranchise eligible voters.
Arizona early voting starts today amid fights over election rules
Voting in Arizona’s high-stakes 2026 midterms began Wednesday, when election officials started mailing early ballots and opening in-person early voting across the state.
DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The Justice Department tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket.
DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket.
A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
If a tiny number of noncitizen votes compromised the integrity of New Jersey’s elections, the exponentially larger number of ballots from valid voters that were rejected due to strict interpretations of the rules — often enforced in ways that err on the side of suppression, rather than inclusion — surely did even more damage. And yet, the issue has spurred no investigations, no calls for new legislation loosening voting or counting rules, and no impassioned denunciations from lawmakers.
Supreme Court could take up these critical election cases as new term begins
Out of thousands of lawsuits currently seeking the Court’s review, Democracy Docket’s Research Team has identified five voting rights and elections cases we’ll be looking out for.
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