Democratic bill aims to counter Trump order, protect mail voting
Thirty-nine senators co-sponsored the bill to safeguard mail voting.
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Indiana’s ban on student IDs for voting reinstated by appeals court
A federal appeals court reinstated Indiana’s GOP-backed ban on student IDs for voting — abruptly pausing a ruling which allowed students to cast ballots with their college-issued IDs. In an order Monday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted the state’s emergency request to stay the lower court’s ruling, putting the ban back into effect […]
Election officials rebut GOP voting claims at House hearing
At a House Administration Committee hearing Thursday, Republicans repeatedly raised hypothetical specters of coordinated voter fraud while state election officials gently reiterated, again and again, that elections and voter registration rolls are already safe, secure, and accurate.
Gov. Shapiro: Republicans are ‘on the side of disenfranchisement’
Pennsylvania is one of the only states that does not allow officials to begin processing mail ballots before Election Day — a restriction that has long delayed vote counts and contributed to confusion around election results.
GOP lawmakers override governor veto to pass voter suppression SAVE Kansas Act
The Kansas legislature overrides governor’s veto of a bill that will make voter registration harder and voter purging easier.
This week at Democracy Docket: Blue states are ‘Trump-proofing’ their elections, while red ones are restricting voting
We’ve been paying even closer attention than usual this week to Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights division chief who, reports suggest, could soon be in line for a promotion.
Harris warns SCOTUS likely to gut VRA, calls SAVE America Act a ‘poll tax’
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris shares her concerns about the fate of the Voting Rights Act during her talk at the National Action Network convention.
The Last Frontier: For voters in remote areas, SAVE America Act would impose massive burdens
Along with Trump’s recent attempt to restrict mail voting via executive order, the SAVE America Act’s burdens would fall hardest on remote, rural communities that rely heavily on online and mail-in registration.
As SAVE America Act stalls, GOP states are quietly enacting their own proof of citizenship laws
Read Democracy Docket’s state-by-state breakdown here.
As White House threatens midterms, states are working to Trump-proof the vote
As President Donald Trump and his administration escalate threats to interfere in this year’s midterms, at least 11 states led by Democrats are taking steps to harden their elections against White House meddling.