President Donald Trump launched his latest attack on voting last night when he ousted the three remaining commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The defenestration leaves the bipartisan and mostly advisory federal agency, which was created to help states administer elections, without leadership just months before the 2026 midterm elections. But while the […]
The White House’s attempts to seize control over elections have suffered a series of courtroom drubbings in recent weeks as judges — including many of his own appointees — have consistently blocked them for violating federal laws or the U.S. Constitution. So the Trump administration is adopting a new strategy, turning to intimidation and coercion after legal bullying has mostly failed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. “We will not be his victims,” Newsom said. “We will be the wall he […]
A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s demands for the identities and personal information of thousands of people who helped run the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, calling the request “unreasonable.”
As courts continue to block his efforts to take control of elections through presidential decree, President Trump is doubling down on turning the country’s most prominent law enforcement and intelligence agencies against U.S. elections.
Hillary Clinton doesn’t mince words when it comes to Donald Trump’s Republican Party. So it’s no surprise that during an interview with Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias, the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee offered a simple, cutting explanation for the GOP’s attacks on free and fair elections. “[Trump] can’t win a fair […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seems to have acceded to a court order and shut down the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database for use as a voter registration list citizenship checker.
Though the Supreme Court may have struck down President Trump’s executive order attacking birthright citizenship Tuesday, the razor-thin majority that ruled against the president gave legal scholars and immigration advocates little cause for celebration.
The Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Trump’s attempt to unilaterally deny citizenship to children born in the United States to foreign nationals, a plan that would have sharply altered who can vote in American elections.
While the Supreme Court’s ruling likely puts an end to one prong of the president’s attacks on voting, the battle isn’t over for Trump. He and his MAGA allies will now attempt to turn their fury at the courts into a catalyst for new federal and state voter suppression measures.
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