The campaign by President Donald Trump and his allies to use Charlie Kirk’s horrific killing to crack down on progressive political activity, and criticism of the president, picked up this week right where it left off.
The illusory threat of noncitizen voting was a centerpiece of the GOP’s 2024 campaign messaging. And now in power, Republicans are hunting evidence to justify the fearmongering and bolster their push for more restrictions.
Voting rights groups in North Carolina are asking a federal court to compel election-denying lawyer Cleta Mitchell to testify in their challenge to a voter suppression law they say was designed to keep young people from voting.
Voting rights experts call DOJ’s claims against Maine and Oregon ‘very, very poorly supported.’
Shenna Bellows suggested Trump’s DOJ is deliberately suing Democratic states to obtain access to their voter rolls.
The DOJ filed lawsuits against Maine and Oregon, escalating its campaign to obtain sensitive voter registration data from states across the country.
Missourians fighting the gerrymandered congressional map passed last week by Republican state lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a ballot referendum that could give voters the power to block the map from going into effect.
Every year, nearly 4 million people turn 18, and hundreds of thousands become new citizens. Absent organized outreach, millions risk missing upcoming local elections and next year’s midterms.
This week’s biggest story for democracy didn’t happen in a courtroom, a legislative chamber, or a government agency. It happened on a college campus in Utah.
It may not be an even-numbered year, but when voters head to the polls this November, the stakes for the future of our democracy will be high.
