Election deniers bombarded Michigan with voting conspiracies during Democratic Senate primary
As primary season wraps up, cementing the key matchups in multiple battleground states, the wave of lies targeting Michigan is poised to grow larger.
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Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections
President Trump signaled Tuesday he’s willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections.
Why Alabama is sending half of its voters back to the polls for a second primary election
Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts are casting votes again today in an unusual second primary as a consequence of the GOP’s 11th-hour gerrymander after the May primary had already begun.
Court revives Arizona voting restrictions ahead of midterms
The Ninth Circuit ruled to uphold previously blocked voting laws in Arizona that will go into effect in time for the state’s midterm general election, making it harder for some voters to cast ballots.
Sen. Cassidy’s ‘existential anxiety’ about whether Blanche will uphold the constitution on elections
Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he’ll abide by the Constitution are “not black-or-white,” said Cassidy.
This week at Democracy Docket: It’s getting embarrassing for Trump’s DOJ — and Texas voters fight off a GOP suppression scheme
It may still feel like mid summer — but we’re into the final stretch before a set of contests that could help determine the fate of our democracy.
Judge blocks notorious ‘Measure B’ that would’ve eliminated mail and early voting in California county
“Measure B seeks to create a whole new electoral system that would require new voter rolls and re-registration of existing voters,” wrote the judge.
Voters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act’s voter ID measure
The failed bill, which required a narrow set of photo IDs for voter eligibility, could have prevented millions of people from voting in November’s midterms.
GOP-dominated panel launches overhaul of Georgia’s voting system
A Republican-dominated panel met for the first time Friday in Georgia to lay out the next steps in a monthslong process to propose a new voting system for the state.
Marsha Blackburn, leading anti-voting voice in Senate, wins Tennessee GOP governor primary
Marsha Blackburn, one of the most fervently anti-voting voices in the Senate, won Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial primary Thursday, likely sending her to the governor’s mansion in the deep-red state this November.