In win for voters, court blocks Arkansas’ restrictive registration rule
A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas cannot enforce a restrictive voter registration rule requiring a handwritten signature to register to vote.
A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas cannot enforce a restrictive voter registration rule requiring a handwritten signature to register to vote.
Arizona voters notched sweeping, back-to-back victories after the state Supreme Court declined to hear three separate challenges backed by Republicans and right-wing groups — leaving in place key safeguards for mail-in voting, election administration and certification.
With two legal challenges moving through California courts, a sheriff and Republican candidate for governor who seized 650,000 ballots cast in last year’s redistricting referendum has conceded that his mission to recount the votes is temporarily on pause.
The Department of Justice gave its most definitive assurances yet about how it intends to use sensitive voter data it manages to grab — insisting it will only be used for election-related purposes and nothing else.
Congress holds the power to further narrow who can participate in our democracy.
New documents show that a federal judge found flaws in the FBI’s original search warrant application against Fulton County’s election hub. Rather than rejecting the application, the judge helped the bureau refine its request.
The “defects” cited by the FBI to obtain the affidavit for the raid were in fact nothing more than glaring misunderstandings of the process, minor inconsistencies, and normal human errors with no significant impact.
The anti-democracy onslaught continues apace. And we’re keeping you up to date on all of it.
The case is just the latest lawsuit the RNC has filed in recent years to gain access to state voter rolls.
When Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized 650,000 ballots cast in California’s recent redistricting referendum, he opened a new front in the battle over the sanctity of election results.