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The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request to reconsider a ruling that denied the Department of Justice’s demand for Michigan’s unredacted statewide voter file — handing DOJ another major setback in its nationwide voter roll crusade.
A federal appeals court overturned a ruling that had blocked key parts of Texas’ sweeping voter suppression law, allowing those provisions to remain in effect despite a lower court’s finding that they violated federal protections for voters with disabilities.
In a supplemental brief Wednesday, the Department of Justice urged the Court to not only shelve the permanent injunction that U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued in June — which barred the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing the order Trump’s March 2026 decree in the 23 states (and Washington, D.C.) that had sued to block it — but also the preliminary, nationwide injunction Talwani handed down Tuesday in a separate case brought by voting groups led by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.
A voting rights group sued New Hampshire officials over the state’s new ban on student IDs for voting, arguing the GOP-backed law illegally discriminates against young voters and that the Republican secretary of state exceeded his authority by extending the restriction to voter registration.
A federal judge in Massachusetts Tuesday issued another order blocking the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting and his attempt to create a national voter registration list before the midterm elections. District Judge Indira Talwani agreed with a coalition of voting-rights groups led by the League […]
The Ninth Circuit ruled to uphold previously blocked voting laws in Arizona that will go into effect in time for the state’s midterm general election, making it harder for some voters to cast ballots.
The staff of a bipartisan agency created to help states administer elections released a memo detailing what the agency can and can’t do after President Trump abruptly ousted its leadership last month.
After falsely claiming Trump won the 2020 election to get his support, PA GOP governor nominee Garrity now says he lost and thinks “we should look forward.”
Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he’ll abide by the Constitution are “not black-or-white,” said Cassidy.
“Measure B seeks to create a whole new electoral system that would require new voter rolls and re-registration of existing voters,” wrote the judge.