ICE sued for records of its plans for Election Day
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a new report showing how the Department of Homeland Security has been laying the groundwork to exert control over voting.
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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.
RNC renews bid to restrict mail ballot returns in major Georgia county
A day after a Georgia judge threw out its challenge to Gwinnett County’s expanded mail ballot return policy, Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
New documents reveal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement collected millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding state election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of a sweeping federal effort to find alleged voter fraud ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Arizona early voting starts today amid fights over election rules
Voting in Arizona’s high-stakes 2026 midterms began Wednesday, when election officials started mailing early ballots and opening in-person early voting across the state.
Montana Supreme Court strikes down GOP restrictions on citizen ballot initiatives
The Montana Supreme Court unanimously struck down a series of Republican-backed restrictions on citizen-led ballot initiatives.
DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The Justice Department tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket.
DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket.
Moved recently? Under Trump’s voter eligibility lists, you could be disenfranchised
If President Trump creates state-by-state lists of people eligible to vote in federal elections, millions of recent movers could face disenfranchisement right before the midterms.
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
The NAACP sued the Trump administration Friday, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms.