Todd Blanche must confirm DOJ won’t seize ballots, senators demand
“This confirmation is necessary because Department leaders have been sending conflicting public signals,” the senators wrote in a letter to Blanche.
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DOJ asks court to let it continue its voter roll purging program despite block
The program is part of a DOJ campaign to obtain state voter roll data, as President Donald Trump aims to take control of elections.
NAACP sues Justice Department to block plan for 1,000 poll monitors nationwide
The NAACP sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday in a bid to block the Trump administration from deploying 1,000 poll monitors nationwide during the midterm elections. While the DOJ has historically operated smaller poll monitoring programs to supervise past elections, the NAACP argues the Trump administration is using poll monitoring as a pretext to […]
Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting pro-voting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’
The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, a Biden appointee who previously served as the division’s principal deputy assistant attorney general, […]
ICE sued for records of its plans for Election Day
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a new report showing how the Department of Homeland Security has been laying the groundwork to exert control over voting.
Trump DOJ asks judge to let USPS mail voting restrictions take effect, despite another court’s block
The Trump administration urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to let the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) impose sweeping new mail ballot restrictions for the midterms.
USPS whistleblower report bolsters challenges to Trump’s anti-mail voting order
A newly disclosed U.S. Postal Service whistleblower report is quickly becoming evidence in multiple lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping mail voting restrictions.
In new filing, DOJ opposes block on Trump’s anti-mail voting rule
The Justice Dept. filed its opposition late Friday night to requests for a preliminary inunction on a new federal rule that would restrict mail-in voting.
Court must enforce injunction blocking USPS from finalizing rule restricting mail voting, say voting rights groups
“By issuing this final rule, the Trump administration has flouted the court’s injunction,” says voting rights groups.
USPS pushes final rule on restricting mail voting forward
The federal postal service acknowledges the new rule will impose burdens on states, but says its necessary to help law enforcement hunt for voter fraud.
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