Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins, a diehard election denier, in Georgia GOP U.S. Senate runoff
Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins, a vehement election denier and Jan. 6 riot defender, in the Ga. GOP U.S. Senate runoff.
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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.
Republicans are using Callais to defend voter suppression laws, not just gerrymanders
A new Republican legal brief underscores how the party is trying to use the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais to make it harder for minority voters not only to get fair representation, but also to cast a ballot at all.
Trump DOJ doubles down on claim that states can purge voters right before elections
The Trump Justice Department is doubling down on an argument that, if accepted, could open the door for the administration — and anti-voting groups — to create lists of voters and send them to states for removal right before elections.
Trump DOJ argues Georgia can conduct last-minute voter purges, despite federal law
The Justice Department is arguing that Georgia could remove voters from the rolls during a key federal protection period meant to prevent last-minute disenfranchisement — as long as the removals are done individually and based on information the federal government provides.
Georgia election board hears pitch from anti-voting activist on dodgy voter fraud tool
Rick Richards, who created EagleAI — a voter roll database that has been found to use unreliable data to flag voters for removal — is back with a similar new program: ELLY.
Exclusive: New DOJ voting lawyer worked to overturn 2020 election and represented George Floyd’s killer
A lawyer who was active in lawsuits seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and later represented the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, is the latest attorney to be hired by the Trump Department of Justice’s Voting Section, according to court filings reviewed by Democracy Docket.
Georgia law targeting Democratic counties draws lawsuit over ‘political redlining’
Metro Atlanta district attorneys sued to block a new Georgia law that would strip party labels from district attorney and other local races in five Democratic-leaning counties, arguing the measure is an unconstitutional attack on Black and Democratic voters.
Georgia election board hires noted election denier for key investigative post
Jason Frazier was one of two election deniers who were blocked appointments last August on the Fulton County Board of Elections by the board of supervisors because of their extremist, anti-voting background.
Georgia GOP secretary of state candidate says he’d make voters’ private information public
Jones was responding to David Shafer, the former Georgia GOP Party chairman who conspired with Trump in 2020 to de-certify the state’s election results.
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