Court gives DHS conspiracy theorist access to 2020 election data
The ruling is a key win for election deniers and anti-voting activists, who frequently seek access to raw election files in order to push false conspiracies about mass voter fraud.
Litigation
In major blow to Trump DOJ, court rejects demand for Arizona’s voter rolls
A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking Arizona’s unredacted voter rolls, ruling the department has no legal right to obtain the records it has demanded from states nationwide.
Wisconsin court dismisses challenge to Republican gerrymandered congressional map
A Wisconsin court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional map, effectively shutting down any legal path to fairer maps before the 2026 midterms.
Fulton County again turns Harmeet Dhillon’s comments against DOJ in ballot seizure case
Harmeet Dhillon’s media habits may, again, be undermining the Department of Justice’s effort to defend the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.
Virginia Supreme Court allows ruling blocking redistricting vote to stand — for now
The state’s highest court is weighing whether to nullify the vote for good.
Democrats ask Virginia Supreme Court not to overrule will of voters on redistricting
The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday morning in one of three pending challenges to Democrats’ redistricting plan, which voters approved during a special election last week.
As expected, Supreme Court officially greenlights Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map for midterms
The U.S. Supreme Court sewed up the loose ends of its earlier 6-3 decision to allow Texas’s mid-decade congressional redistricting Monday, issuing a summary reversal of a trial court’s ruling blocking the map.
Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map
A circuit court concluded that the Virginia General Assembly has the authority to pass legislation that redraws the state’s congressional maps.
Emails reveal DOJ officials planned to share voter rolls with DHS much earlier than they admitted
Internal emails between U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) personnel suggest that, from the very outset of the effort to obtain sensitive voter data from states — much earlier than previously known — officials there planned to share it with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The emails also suggest that, for months afterwards, at […]
Virginia appeals ruling that ‘nullifies a statewide vote’ on redistricting
Virginia officials have filed a motion to pause a lower court ruling blocking the state’s voter-approved redistricting plan, part of a battle that will likely end up back before the state Supreme Court.