Attorney General Blanche says taking state voter rolls case to Supreme Court is a ‘possibility’
The attorney general said the Justice Department is “not going to stop” going after state voter rolls despite losing 22 times in court to get them.
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This week at Democracy Docket: Will Trump restrict mail voting during the midterms? It’s up to the Supreme Court now
As November rapidly approaches, we’re still waiting for a key question to be answered: Will President Donald Trump get a chance to impose sweeping restrictions on mail voting during the midterms? It will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court.
Trump DOJ goes 0 for 22 as Nevada court rejects voter roll demand
A federal court in Nevada became the 22nd consecutive district court to reject the Trump administration’s campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls, dismissing the Department of Justice’s case and denying its motion to compel.
Nevada demands DHS explain sweeping noncitizen voter roll claims
Nevada’s top election official demanded that the Department of Homeland Security substantiate its claim that nearly 16,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in the state — pressing the Trump administration to explain how it produced the figure and warning that flawed data could jeopardize eligible voters.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump is doing everything he can think of to control voting. But states aren’t backing down
Trump’s crusade to take over voting continues to falter in the courts. So he’s pulling out a range of dangerous new strategies to exert control.
‘It’s threats, it’s intimidation’: Nevada secretary of state slams Trump DOJ letters targeting election officials over noncitizen voting
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar (D), the state’s top election official and chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, told Democracy Docket the DOJ’s latest letters are not about election integrity — they are about intimidation.
Trump DOJ threatens election officials with criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sent letters to top election officials in multiple states Tuesday warning they could face criminal prosecution over possible noncitizen voting, escalating the administration’s pressure campaign against state election officials after courts repeatedly rejected its effort to seize unredacted voter rolls.
RNC sues Nevada, amping up nationwide campaign against overseas voters
The Republican National Committee sued Nevada, marking the third GOP lawsuit against overseas voters within a week and the latest escalation in a fast-moving national campaign to restrict voting access for U.S. citizens abroad.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s attack on mail voting advances, while Georgia Republicans retreat
The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s effort to crack down on mail voting is heating up. And Democracy Docket is covering it more closely than any other news outlet.
Election denier Jim Marchant advances in Nevada Secretary of State race
Marchant was tied to President Donald Trump’s broader ‘fake elector’ scheme to overturn the 2020 election in Nevada.
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