Kansas GOP Senator admits there may not be enough time to implement SAVE America Act
Despite supporting the anti-voter SAVE America Act, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall admits there may not be time to implement it before November.
Voting
This week at Democracy Docket: Judges are rejecting Trump’s anti-voting crusade
President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda had already hit some major legal roadblocks over the last year. But this may have been its worst week yet in the courts.
Pulte picks RNC’s former election integrity director for his national intelligence agency’s chief of staff
Acting national intelligence director Bill Pulte picked Christina Norton, known for running the GOP’s 2024 poll watcher program, as his chief of staff.
New York poll worker confronted by ICE speaks out: ‘I’m even worried more about November’
The New York poll worker who was recently confronted by ICE agents says she’s exploring legal options, in defense of the safety of all poll workers.
The courts walloped Trump’s anti-voting agenda this week
President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict the vote ran headlong into a legal brick wall, as judge after judge ruled against his sweeping anti-voting executive orders and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to seize control over elections from the states.
South Dakota Republicans reject censuring John Thune over stalled SAVE America Act
South Dakota Republican delegates rejected a push to censure Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) over the stalled SAVE America Act, exposing a fight within the GOP over how far the party should go to force through sweeping new voting restrictions.
North Carolina GOP mounts top-down campaign to block campus voting sites
In the year since it came under Republican control, North Carolina’s state elections board has repeatedly made headlines for decisions that restrict or suppress the vote. But now some Republicans are also pushing back as State Auditor Dave Boliek attempts to exert control over county election boards and tell their members how to vote.
Republicans sue Colorado in surging attack on overseas voters
The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a new lawsuit seeking to block certain U.S. citizens living abroad from voting in Colorado — the second such lawsuit within a week and the latest escalation in the GOP’s exploding campaign against overseas voters.
Trump’s mail ballot rule could worsen postal delays, Washington secretary of state warns
Washington state’s chief election official urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to withdraw its proposed mail ballot rule, warning that the Trump-backed proposal could worsen existing mail delays, impose new costs on local election officials and disenfranchise eligible voters.
A court blocked Trump’s attack on mail voting. But voting advocates aren’t celebrating yet
While appeals and stays are a normal part of civil litigation, this administration has also shown a propensity for going far beyond the usual — and some would say, ethical and legal — bounds of resisting a courtroom loss.