DOJ threatens charges against state officials in voter records fight
“Your failure to preserve relevant data may subject you to civil and criminal sanctions,” the Justice Department’s demand letter reads.
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Hoskins’ last-ditch effort to avoid contempt hearing shot down by federal judge
A federal judge rejected a last-minute bid from Missouri’s top election official to avoid a state Supreme Court hearing Thursday morning on whether he is in contempt of court for ordering local officials to use a voting map the justices explicitly barred.
Supreme Court to decide on Trump mail voting order after parties make their case
The consequences of the court’s ruling are enormous: At stake is a voting method relied on by millions of Americans, including the nation’s most vulnerable voters.
Indiana Supreme Court will decide winner of high-profile disputed election after GOP officials threw out votes
The Indiana Supreme Court is set to decide whether a Republican state senator who bucked President Donald Trump’s demand for a gerrymandered map will keep his seat in a race that’s come down to a narrow three-vote margin.
Gerrymander foes ask Supreme Court to block GOP map in Missouri
Opponents of Missouri’s GOP gerrymander asked the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to temporarily block a district court order that has thrown elections into last-minute chaos, with local officials overdue to finalize ballots for the 2026 midterms.
The Supreme Court could use the ‘Purcell principle’ to save Trump’s attack on mail voting. But will it?
If the Supreme Court lifts the preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued in State of California v. USPS, it may rely on Purcell to rationalize the chaos that decision would unleash. And, in doing so, the justices would prove their critics right by stretching the precedent’s already-overextended precepts far beyond the limits of logic.
‘Catastrophic’: Postal workers slam Trump’s mail voting restrictions, urge Supreme Court to uphold block
A union representing more than 200,000 postal workers alleged Tuesday that a “catastrophic wholesale non-delivery” of hundreds of thousands of mail ballots will likely occur if states are forced to comply with the U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rule this November.
Ohio asks 6th Circuit to lift pause on new voter registration restrictions
Ohio asked the 6th Circuit to pause a lower court ruling that blocked a state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
USPS voting rule ‘would be chaos’ if implemented this close to election, blue states warn Supreme Court
“Whatever else may be said of USPS’ new rule, it would wreak havoc on States and their voters if it takes effect at this late point,” Democratic attorneys general said.
DOJ argues Trump’s mail voting restrictions should go into effect even if voters are disenfranchised
President Trump’s Justice Department wants a lower court order against the U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rule lifted — even if it means voters would be disenfranchised as a result.
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