The Trump administration Thursday confirmed that voter registration data being collected by the Department of Justice (DOJ) is being shared with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of a broad push to remove noncitizens from the rolls.
Cleta Mitchell is urging Congress to pass a “Super SAVE ACT” — a turbo-charged version of the massive voter suppression bill approved by the U.S. House earlier this year.
Catch up on Democracy Docket’s reporting from this week about Trump’s plan to control elections, the GOP’s nationwide gerrymander, and DOJ’s hunt for voter fraud.
Some worry the trove of voter data could offer a goldmine of misleading evidence to allow the Trump administration to super-charge its false narrative about rampant illegal voting.
Her comments about taking control of elections come amid increasing concern that Trump could try to use the National Guard to obstruct voting in Democratic strongholds in coming elections.
A South Carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state from giving the U.S. Department of Justice its entire voter database after a voter sued.
Crook v. South Carolina Election Commission
A pro-voting lawsuit seeking to prevent the South Carolina Election Commission from sharing statewide voter registration information with the DOJ.
98,000 voters are at risk of disenfranchisement under the proposed deal.
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide if citizens can still enforce the Voting Rights Act, after a federal appeals court ruled that only the government can enforce protections against racial discrimination in voting.
A federal judge struck down a South Dakota law that would have made it harder for citizens to put issues on the ballot.