A Florida court dismissed a lawsuit that challenged some of the U.S. Census Bureau’s methods for estimating the population, a critically important process that determines how many votes each state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the electoral college during presidential elections.
This week, President Donald Trump and the GOP kicked their intertwined anti-voting crusades — promoting lies about the 2020 election, and restricting voting in 2026 and beyond — into high gear. And we tracked them every step of the way.
A federal judge permanently blocked key portions of the sweeping anti-voting executive order that Trump signed last year, ruling that he exceeding his constitutional authority by issuing the order.
In a case that could have profound nationwide consequences for elections, the state of Missouri has sued the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce to block the federal government from including undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders in the country’s once-a-decade census count.
Trump and his two eldest sons sued the Internal Revenue Service, demanding that the agency hand over $10 billion of taxpayers’ money for the unauthorized leak of his tax returns during his first term.
California urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Republican efforts to block the state’s voter-approved congressional map, arguing that its elections are already underway and that stopping California now — after allowing Texas’ GOP gerrymander to proceed — would disrupt active campaigns and hand one party an unfair advantage.
There is widespread doubt that the seized records will produce any evidence of prosecutable criminal activity, and not just because the 2020 election results have been recounted, audited, and litigated to death already.
But 2020 isn’t the investigation’s real target — 2026 is.
The comments raise new questions about how closely DHS worked with right-wing groups seeking to challenge state election systems, and underscore concerns about some of those same groups now having access to government databases.
The 2020 election records are still sealed, two County Commissioners allege.
Virginia Democrats appealed a state court order that blocked the redistricting plan that would net Democrats as many as four seats.