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Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections.
Californians are voting amid an unusually turbulent fight over how ballots are cast, delivered, counted and protected.
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.
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance.
With the midterms fast approaching, two unanimous California Supreme Court rulings stemming from a GOP sheriff’s seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots have vastly strengthened the hand of Golden State officials as they prepare plans to stop any attempt by rogue law enforcement to disrupt the elections.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law
The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy.
Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize.
Senate Democrats called on California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) to review new whistleblower allegations that Homeland Security agents recently used Californians’ sensitive personal information to improperly access the state’s voting records.
This week saw the defeat of President Donald Trump’s most dangerous scheme to suppress voting and rig the 2026 election. And Democracy Docket surrounded the story from all angles.
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