Ohio advocates demand governor veto ‘confusing, misguided’ mail voting restrictions
Ohio voting advocates are calling on Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill creating new mail voting restrictions that would go into effect for the 2027 elections.
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Trump DOJ bid to defend Ohio’s anti-voting law is useless and untimely, court rules
A federal judge rejected the Trump Justice Department’s attempt to defend Ohio’s restrictive new voting law, finding its proposed filing redundant, disconnected and too late to help the court ahead of a major hearing next week.
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.
‘Blatant act of intimidation’: Trump raid on Ohio voter registration group spurs chorus of outrage
Members of Congress, national democracy advocates and local leaders denounced the Trump administration’s massive law enforcement operation against a voter registration group in Ohio.
Trump DOJ steps in to defend Ohio’s proof of citizenship law
The intervention represents the DOJ’s latest attempt to support Republican voter suppression efforts, a complete reversal of its decades-long defense of voting rights since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Trump FBI raids Ohio voter registration group in latest bid to suppress voting
The FBI raided the offices of a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters and organizes political activities for Democratic and progressive causes in Ohio.
Ohio Republicans put voter ID on November ballot — even though it’s already law
Ohio Republicans voted to put a measure on the November ballot that would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement into the state constitution.
Ohio Republicans reject election denier-backed candidate in secretary of state primary
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague won the Republican primary for secretary of state, defeating Marcell Strbich — a far-right activist backed by election denier and Trump ally Cleta Mitchell.
This week at Democracy Docket: SCOTUS hears a GOP voter suppression bid, on the ground in Fulton County, and a lawless MAGA sheriff
The anti-democracy onslaught continues apace. And we’re keeping you up to date on all of it.
Oops! DOJ civil rights chief accidentally reveals federal probe in social media post
The Justice Department may have revealed more than intended in a social media post — posting a photo of a letter that appears to tell a medical college it’s the subject of an investigation into racial discrimination.
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