California is the new ground zero for free and fair elections

Trump's obsession with California's elections is neither entirely new nor surprising.

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California sues county that just eliminated mail and early voting

California’s Democratic leadership has filed suit against a Republican-leaning county that recently approved an eyebrow-raising slate of extreme anti-voting policies.

Court sanctions far-right lawyers over ‘frivolous’ bid to force Wisconsin out of ERIC

The suit, filed by the 1789 Foundation, falsely claimed that Wisconsin violated the state’s Driver’s Privacy and Protection Act because it had terminated its membership with the Electronic Registration and Information Center in 2016.

Trump DOJ steps in to defend Ohio’s proof of citizenship law

The intervention represents the DOJ’s latest attempt to support Republican voter suppression efforts, a complete reversal of its decades-long defense of voting rights since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.