Beyond Callais: We need new tools to uphold voting rights
Over 60 years of precedent and protection for voters of color, especially Black voters, could be upended and voided if SCOTUS fails to uphold the right to vote.
Voting
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Trump Education Department cracks down on college student voting programs
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections.
White House ‘can’t guarantee’ ICE won’t be at polls
The White House refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November.
Trump doubles down on taking over elections, as outrage builds
Congress members, state election chiefs, and voting rights advocates are decrying President Donald Trump’s insistence that the federal government wrest control of elections from the states.
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
“We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” Bannon said. “We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again. And you can whine and cry and throw your toys out of the pram all you want, but we will never again allow an election to be stolen.”
Trump wants to take over voting. Mike Johnson is willing to help
Trump raised the threat to the 2026 midterm elections to an entirely new level.
Florida court tosses GOP suit attempting to influence elections by challenging U.S. census
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.
North Carolina election board flags hundreds of thousands of voters for potential disenfranchisement
North Carolina’s GOP-controlled election board announced it’s sending letters to hundreds of thousands of voters whose registrations were flagged in a database review — a move that puts them at risk of disenfranchisement.
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy.
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