Gerrymandering backlash helped power Democrats’ blue wave
The data shows how Trump’s map-rigging scheme backfired spectacularly, motivating Democratic voters to turn out in volumes.
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New York and New Jersey start voting as ballot access fights intensify
New York and New Jersey may be separated by a river and plenty of rivalry, but they both begin early voting Saturday with a strikingly similar set of election pressures.
GOP renews hysteria over New Jersey voter registration snafu, still seeking voter data
The GOP is escalating threats against New Jersey, months after a software glitch that erroneously resulted in fewer than 400 ineligible people voting. Republicans immediately seized on the error to advance the Department of Justice’s attempt at a voter data grab this summer.
New Jersey judge allows GOP-led probe targeting Democratic voters to proceed
A New Jersey judge refused to halt Ocean County’s investigation into dozens of Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the midterms, allowing election officials to continue the GOP-led process and potentially flag voters for additional scrutiny at the polls.
New Jersey voters sue after GOP officials target Democrats for removal ahead of midterms
New Jersey voters sued Ocean County election officials Thursday, seeking to stop a GOP-driven purge of Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the November midterms.
ICE officials strategized how to deport 400 noncitizens who voted in New Jersey as a result of state error
One ICE official said there’s no requirement that the individual even has “knowledge that he or she has illegally voted, and no conviction is required.”
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterms
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
New Jersey GOP operative, pardoned by Trump, accused of scheming to purge Democratic voters ahead of midterms
Local Republicans in New Jersey — including one who was pardoned by President Donald Trump after a tax evasion conviction — allegedly targeted Democratic and unaffiliated voters for eligibility challenges while leaving Republicans in the same situation untouched.
A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual
If a tiny number of noncitizen votes compromised the integrity of New Jersey’s elections, the exponentially larger number of ballots from valid voters that were rejected due to strict interpretations of the rules — often enforced in ways that err on the side of suppression, rather than inclusion — surely did even more damage. And yet, the issue has spurred no investigations, no calls for new legislation loosening voting or counting rules, and no impassioned denunciations from lawmakers.
RNC sues New Jersey for voter records again after earlier case was tossed
The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a new federal lawsuit against New Jersey seeking voter roll records, just two months after a judge dismissed its previous records case for lack of standing.
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