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Republicans on the Georgia State Election Board adopted Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections.
“People, not politicians, will be the final deciders on this DC power grab,” says group opposing Missouri Republican gerrymander.
Democrats and voting advocates are going on the offensive against the Trump administration’s threats to send armed federal agents to the polls as voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections. Federal law bans armed civil or military officers from voting locations, but administration officials have repeatedly suggested they could still be deployed. With […]
A federal appeals court lifted a lower-court ruling that blocked a new Republican-backed state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship when people register to vote while applying for a driver’s license.
This week saw the defeat of President Donald Trump’s most dangerous scheme to suppress voting and rig the 2026 election. And Democracy Docket surrounded the story from all angles.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified.
In a loss for voters, a federal judge has dismissed a voting rights lawsuit challenging two Indiana laws that require certain voters to provide proof of citizenship to register, or remain registered, to vote.
When it came time to cast his ballot in Florida’s Republican primary this month, President Donald Trump was more than happy to avail himself of a mail-in ballot.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein killed a sweeping GOP elections bill that would have shortened early voting, extended the time period to challenge votes and expanded voter roll maintenance.
As November rapidly approaches, we’re still waiting for a key question to be answered: Will President Donald Trump get a chance to impose sweeping restrictions on mail voting during the midterms? It will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court.
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