This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s plan to suppress voting this fall starts with California
As the midterms get closer, President Donald Trump and his allies are kicking their efforts to suppress voting into high gear.
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GOP lies over California vote counting set stage to subvert midterms
President Donald Trump and the GOP are falsely claiming fraud over mail ballots in California’s primary. The lies are aimed at setting the stage to undermine this fall’s crucial midterms, when control of the House could hinge on the Golden State.
Steve Hilton, Trump-backed supporter of California voter ID, advances in governor’s race
Steve Hilton, a Trump-backed conservative author and former Fox News host, will compete in California’s general election for governor this November after taking second place in the state’s open primary system.
JD Vance says California election ‘seems pretty shady,’ as GOP spreads more lies about vote counting
The crescendo of lies suggests the modern-day GOP now sees almost any election in which its candidates lose as illegitimate on its face.
Top DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote counting
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor spread false conspiracy theories Monday about California’s still-ongoing primary vote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of fraud.
L.A. mayoral race voter fraud claim gets debunked – by Trump’s Justice Department
Even Trump’s own handpicked U.S. Attorney is disputing this one claim of voter fraud in L.A.’s mayoral primary.
The Trump Meet the Press interview that spun out of control after he was probed about his ‘rigged elections’ conspiracies
President Donald Trump went ballistic on Meet the Press after he was questioned about spreading claims of rigged elections without evidence.
This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court makes it official — states have free rein to discriminate against Black voters
If there was any doubt before, there can be none after this week: The Supreme Court is going to give states free rein to discriminate against minority voters — even in some of the most egregious cases.
Postal workers lash out against new USPS rule that helps Trump’s attack on mail-in voting
The American Postal Workers Union says it is “deeply alarmed” about the U.S. Postal Service’s compliance with Trump’s anti-mail voting order.
Xavier Becerra could become California’s next governor. Will he follow Gavin Newsom’s lead in the fight to protect democracy from Trump?
Will Becerra — a former longtime congressman and former state attorney general who served as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary under former President Joe Biden — follow in Newsom’s footsteps to ensure that the Golden State leads the resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism?
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