Red states demand restored access to citizenship database for purging voters
Four Republican-led states want their access restored to a federal database for checking their voter registration records for noncitizens.
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Following court order, DHS appears to have shut down SAVE for checking voter citizenship
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seems to have acceded to a court order and shut down the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database for use as a voter registration list citizenship checker.
Despite Supreme Court ruling, the battle over birthright citizenship is just beginning
Though the Supreme Court may have struck down President Trump’s executive order attacking birthright citizenship Tuesday, the razor-thin majority that ruled against the president gave legal scholars and immigration advocates little cause for celebration.
Cleta Mitchell says Supreme Court’s mail ballot ruling opens door to kill early voting: ‘Let’s file some cases’
Mitchell’s attack on early voting offers a stark reminder of the right’s remarkable zeal to abolish almost any form of voting that expands access.
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Trump’s attempt to unilaterally deny citizenship to children born in the United States to foreign nationals, a plan that would have sharply altered who can vote in American elections.
Democrats, election officials praise Supreme Court mail ballot ruling: ‘A rejection of Trump’s attacks’
State voting chiefs and voting rights advocates noted that the ruling is a crucial victory reaffirming that states, not the president, hold the power to set election rules.
DOJ voter roll grab is now 0-11 as judge dismisses New Hampshire lawsuit
The ruling marks the 11th straight loss for the DOJ, which sued 30 states and D.C., in an unprecedented effort to obtain unredacted statewide voter registration lists.
After Supreme Court ruling, mail voting is safe from GOP attacks. For now
While the Supreme Court’s ruling likely puts an end to one prong of the president’s attacks on voting, the battle isn’t over for Trump. He and his MAGA allies will now attempt to turn their fury at the courts into a catalyst for new federal and state voter suppression measures.
Supreme Court’s mail ballots ruling is also good news for early voting — but the GOP still wants to kill it
The Supreme Court’s rejection of the GOP’s attempt to upend mail voting Monday marked a major win not only for the millions of Americans who vote by mail but also for the millions of other people who cast their ballots in person at early voting sites.
RNC sues Nevada, amping up nationwide campaign against overseas voters
The Republican National Committee sued Nevada, marking the third GOP lawsuit against overseas voters within a week and the latest escalation in a fast-moving national campaign to restrict voting access for U.S. citizens abroad.