A top right-wing advocate for voter roll purges defended the Republican vice-chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), who told Democracy Docket last week that her recent inflammatory comments against Democrats last year are under “investigation.”
Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state have responded that they will not comply with DOJ’s demands.
Unlike a lot of media outlets that cover politics, at Democracy Docket we invest in original reporting. This week was a great example of why.
Prince William County denies that the RNC made it make any changes to its elections practices.
RNC v. Fairfax County Electoral Board
An anti-voting lawsuit challenging Fairfax County’s policies surrounding the eligibility of voters suspected to be noncitizens.
Just months before the 2026 midterms, election officials from across the country gathered this week to meet with a key federal voting panel, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
Election officials across the country this week voiced concerns that the Trump administration is blocking appointments to a key federal committee that helps create standards for voting equipment used in U.S. elections.
North Carolina election officials admitted they have no evidence that noncitizens on the voter rolls are a widespread problem — even as they move forward with plans to share voter data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read (D) again called on a top federal election official to resign over her inflammatory comments against Democrats last year, saying she should not be involved in election initiatives that are “supposed to be bipartisan.”
When a California sheriff seized 650,000 ballots from last year’s redistricting referendum, it raised an alarming question about what was previously almost a nightmare scenario: What must election officials do if law enforcement orders them to hand over ballots?