Hawaii Voter Roll Records Challenge
Republican National Committee v. State of Hawaii, Office of Elections
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking access to state voter roll and list maintenance records.
Election Administration
California City Passes Anti-Voting Measure Based on Election Conspiracy Group’s False Data
The resolution cites false data from the anti-voting conspiracy group Unite4Freedom.
Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.
Republicans have seized on the discovery of a box of ballots to claim that Maine’s elections are dangerously insecure. But some in the state smell a rat.
Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals.
SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges
At U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, the justices signaled they’re wary of making it significantly easier to challenge election laws, as a Republican member of Congress and his allies are urging them to do.
GOP-Backed SCOTUS Case Could Open Floodgates for More Post-Election Chaos
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a GOP-backed case that could lead to a dramatic increase in lawsuits challenging state election laws.
GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander
Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered GOP gerrymander, via ballot measure. But Republican officials are pulling out all the stops to stymie the effort.
Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information
Advocacy groups are suing to block the Trump administration’s creation of vast, centralized databases of Americans’ personal information for purging voter rolls and launching criminal investigations.
This Week at Democracy Docket: Texas Throws DOJ Under the Bus, and a New Role for a GOP Vote Suppressor
At Democracy Docket, we pride ourselves on monitoring the voting and democracy landscape — and especially the right’s never-ending effort to undermine fair elections — more closely than just about anyone else.
GOP Operative Who Pushed to Cut Early Voting Will Help Oversee North Carolina Elections
Dallas Woodhouse tried to cut early voting in North Carolina ahead of the 2016 election.