Justice Department makes final case to 1st Circuit to revive USPS anti-mail voting rule
The Justice Department is racing the clock to get President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order enacted before the November midterms
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Minnesota justice warns electronic poll book conspiracy theory could threaten voters’ ability to cast ballots
A Minnesota Supreme Court justice raised concerns during oral argument Tuesday that one city’s request to use paper poll books rather than electronic records could disenfranchise thousands of voters.
USPS confirms internal probe into whistleblower’s mail voting allegations
The U.S. Postal Service’s internal watchdog confirmed it is investigating allegations from a whistleblower who warned that the agency’s rushed implementation of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order could disrupt the midterms and prevent voters from receiving ballots.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let DHS use immigration database to purge state voter rolls
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use an incomplete federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges.
Postal Service overstepped its powers with mail voting rules, pro-voter groups tell appeals court
Pro-voting groups dug deep into colonial history, arguing the Founders deliberately gave Congress and not the president the power over the Postal Service given historical abuses from English monarchs.
Gerrymander foes urge Supreme Court not to revive GOP map in Missouri
A voting rights group files its objection to Missouri GOP’s appeal to the Supreme Court asking it to greenlight a gerrymander without voters weighing in.
Major pieces of Post Office’s mail voting rule missing while Justice Department presses Supreme Court to move it forward
The Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to allow a mail voting rule to take effect, despite missing components to the rule.
Justice Department asks Supreme Court to lift block on USPS mail voting restrictions
The Justice Dept. claims it needs time to implement the rule to prevent potential fraud in mail voting before the November midterms.
Trump DOJ says states can handle last-minute mail voting overhaul, asks appeals court to lift block
The Justice Department argued that states facing the earliest deadlines for mailing ballots have not shown compliance is impossible.
Trump DOJ asks judge to let USPS mail voting restrictions take effect, despite another court’s block
The Trump administration urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to let the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) impose sweeping new mail ballot restrictions for the midterms.
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