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DOJ appeals Maine and Wisconsin voter roll losses, taking every defeat to appellate courts
The Justice Department appealed federal court losses in Maine and Wisconsin Friday, ensuring that every major defeat in its nationwide campaign to obtain state voter registration data is now in or headed to a federal appeals court.
This week at Democracy Docket: Election denialism is alive and well in Georgia and Pennsylvania — while Trump’s DOJ continues to stumble
If you thought President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity might be moving GOP voters away from election denialism, this week suggested you should think again.
Trump DOJ loses in Maine, Wisconsin as courts rebuff demand for voter rolls
Thursday’s dismissals bring the DOJ’s record to 0-8 out of 31 lawsuits brought against states and Washington, D.C.
Trump DOJ gives new assurance it won’t use voter data for immigration enforcement. Reports suggest that’s false
The Department of Justice gave its most definitive assurances yet about how it intends to use sensitive voter data it manages to grab — insisting it will only be used for election-related purposes and nothing else.
State election chiefs demand Trump’s DHS pick ban ICE agents from polls
Mullin said during a March 18 confirmation hearing for his nomination, that he wouldn’t rule out sending ICE agents to the polls during midterms.
States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really?
The top election officials in 10 states are banding together to push back against the Trump administration’s demands for voter registration records, sending a joint letter Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the federal government to clear up the contradictory statements the agencies have made over the data’s use.
This Week at Democracy Docket: A Major Win for Democracy — and the Coming Attack on Mail Voting
From Virginia up to Maine, New Jersey out to California, and plenty of places in between, Tuesday was a great night for democracy — and an awful night for President Donald Trump.
Voters Rebuke Trump In Resounding Win for Democracy
Tuesday was a brutal night for President Donald Trump and his axis of antidemocratic actors — and a huge night for democracy.
Maine Rejects Anti-Voting Ballot Measure, Reaffirms Voting Access
Maine voters rejected a Republican-backed ballot initiative Tuesday that would have imposed new photo ID rules and severely limited mail-in voting — a decisive win for voting rights advocates who said the measure threatened to upend the state’s long-standing tradition of accessible elections.
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