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.
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South Carolina, Nevada and Maine primaries put the stakes of democracy in focus. Here’s what we’re watching
The races span very different, geographically diverse states, but the stakes are connected.
RNC has a new target in legal attack on voter rolls
The case is just the latest lawsuit the RNC has filed in recent years to gain access to state voter rolls.
This Week at Democracy Docket: Every Angle on DOJ’s Anti-Voting Crusade — and the GOP Isn’t Giving up on Gerrymandering
This week, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) broke new ground in its dangerous campaign to take control of elections and promote baseless conspiracy theories about voting. And we tracked them every step of the way.
Trump DOJ Sues Massachusetts and Nevada In Expanding Bid to Seize States’ Private Voter Data
DOJ has now sued a total of 18 states for access to sensitive voter data.
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.
Criminal Case Against Fake Electors Can Proceed, Nevada Supreme Court Rules
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously cleared the way for a criminal case against six supporters of President Donald Trump’s attempt to undermine the 2020 election by falsely claiming to be presidential electors to continue.
Federal Judge Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Served as Nevada’s U.S. Attorney
A federal judge ruled that Sigal Chattah, a Trump loyalist and appointee, has been unlawfully serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada since late July.
Appeals Court to Decide if Far-Right Challenge to Nevada’s Election Worker Protection Law Can Continue
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument Friday over whether the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s 2023 bipartisan Election Worker Protection Law have standing to sue.
Right-Wing Challenge to Nevada County Voter Rolls Dismissed
A Nevada judge dismissed a right-wing lawsuit challenging the maintenance of voter rolls in Washoe County, Nevada.
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