Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) signed House Bill 323 (HB 323) into law, striking student IDs, even if government-issued, from the list of acceptable identification for voting purposes.
With his popularity plummeting, President Donald Trump took a major step this week aimed at grabbing control of U.S. elections. But in truth, the anti-voting executive order he issued Tuesday only underscored his weakness.
Georgia election officials have less than three months to convert the state’s entire voting system from touchscreen machines to paper ballots.
The anti-democracy onslaught continues apace. And we’re keeping you up to date on all of it.
A federal court upheld a North Carolina law requiring strict photo ID to vote, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have made it harder to block such restrictions under the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
After repeatedly hitting procedural dead ends in their attempt to get around the filibuster, President Donald Trump and his MAGA loyalists in the Senate now want to blow it up completely to pass the SAVE America Act.
Anti-voting activists have claimed the GOP’s SAVE America Act wouldn’t harm the voting rights of married women. Here’s why that’s false.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, calling it his “Number 1 priority,” and opposing efforts to reopen DHS first, even though the bill lacks the support needed to clear Democratic opposition. So, now lawmakers are floating a new plan: attach the SAVE America Act to a reconciliation bill, which would only need 50 votes to clear the Senate instead of the 60 required to end a filibuster.
The only problem? It wouldn’t work.
Privately, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has acknowledged that married women and others who have changed their legal name face barriers while registering to vote if the draconian SAVE America Act became law.
President Donald Trump ordered Republicans to refuse any deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless Democrats agree to pass the SAVE America Act.