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In a sweeping settlement with four Republican-led states, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has agreed to redesign its federal immigration database to serve voter “verification” purposes.
Republicans lawmakers in Ohio approved a sweeping anti-voting law Wednesday that includes disenfranchising voters whose ballots are delayed in the mail.
Republican donors are being urged to bankroll a new wave of nationwide gerrymanders — and the plea is coming from the GOP’s top mapmaker himself.
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted new congressional maps Friday giving the GOP slightly better odds in two Democratic-held districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a new GOP-drawn congressional map as its “working map” without objection Thursday, setting it up for approval Friday.
An Ohio Senator called the resulting bill “an atrocious piece of legislation that will disenfranchise tens of thousands of Ohioans.”
Ohio Democrats may accept a Republican proposal to redraw the state’s congressional districts to make two seats slightly more favorable to the GOP next year.
The DOJ threatened Ohio with “costly litigation” unless it bans the counting of ballots that arrive after Election Day.
As state Rep. Brian Stewart (R), co-chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, gaveled its first hearing to a close — less than an hour after it began, and without Republicans even feigning an attempt to pass a bipartisan map as the Ohio constitution directs — the visitors’ gallery erupted into shouts of “shame!”
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