President Donald Trump blamed Republicans’ resounding midterm defeat on the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the SAVE America Act, likely the most anti-voting bill in recent American history.
The White House threatened incoming House Oversight Chairman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) for promising to hold President Donald Trump’s administration accountable.
Republicans getting routed all across Texas in the midterms opens the door for Democrats to realistically push pro-voting legislation that had no chance under GOP rule.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday overturned restrictions on the ballot measure process, paving the way for voters to more easily exercise their right to direct democracy. Republicans across the country have fought to restrict ballot measures, making it more difficult for voters to override the legislature. The Oklahoma Constitution allows voters to place measures on […]
The lawsuit comes after the DOJ issued criminal subpoenas to state and local election officials.
Five states have measures on the ballot this year that would amend their constitutions to ban noncitizens from voting. Because noncitizen voting is already illegal under both federal and state law, the measures have largely been seen as having little effect — other than perhaps boosting GOP turnout for the midterms.
Now, with Election Day fast approaching and polling predicting a shellacking for the GOP, some legal and political analysts worry that Trump may attempt to enlist Republicans in Congress to launch what would amount to a bloodless coup: refusing to seat victorious Democrats in order to maintain the GOP’s House majority.
When Republicans pushed the country into a mid-decade gerrymandering crisis, the goal was clear. President Donald Trump and his allies boasted that they’d secure a congressional majority before a single vote was cast.
In a blow to voters, North Carolina’s restrictive absentee ballot rules will remain in place for the midterms, a federal judge ruled.
Florida’s student ID ban is the latest in a string of Republican efforts to restrict voting access in the state.
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