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The Trump administration has repeatedly gone to court this week seeking to revive its sweeping mail ballot restrictions before the midterms. But it still has not directly denied some of the most alarming allegations about how the U.S. Postal Service plans to enforce them.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited.
A Democratic member of Congress is demanding answers from the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) about how it’s vetting the roughly 1,000 election monitors it plans to deploy this fall, citing Democracy Docket’s exclusive reporting.
GOP candidates in crucial swing states want to send law enforcement to the polls in November.
Democrats renewed their bid to block President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order, arguing that a newly finalized U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule has eliminated the concerns that led a judge to reject their first injunction request as premature.
A federal appeals court ruled that an acting U.S. attorney in New York was serving illegally when he issued subpoenas to New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Department of Justice, seeking records about any plans to seize ballots, voting machines or other election materials before the 2026 midterms are certified.
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.
The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 Department of Justice election monitors across the country in November.
A federal appeals panel ruled Monday that Sigal Chattah, a staunch Trump ally, has been unlawfully leading the U.S. attorney’s office in Nevada for more than a year.