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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) request to pause her order shutting down use of its modified Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system to certify registered voters’ citizenship status. In a blistering 23-page opinion Wednesday, District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan berated the federal government’s attorneys for […]
The White House’s attempts to seize control over elections have suffered a series of courtroom drubbings in recent weeks as judges — including many of his own appointees — have consistently blocked them for violating federal laws or the U.S. Constitution. So the Trump administration is adopting a new strategy, turning to intimidation and coercion after legal bullying has mostly failed.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act (VRA) earlier this year continues to have cascading consequences across the country. Now, the upheaval has struck a group of Native American voters fighting a years-long battle for better representation in North Dakota’s state government.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. “We will not be his victims,” Newsom said. “We will be the wall he […]
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected its demand for Michigan’s unredacted voter rolls, seeking to erase the department’s first appellate defeat in its nationwide voter data crusade.
The Arizona Supreme Court has given Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, an election skeptic who has pushed conspiracy theories about voting in the state, increased authority to shape elections in the county.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to target Democratic states and counties with a program of federal election monitoring for the primaries, according to new details released by a top DOJ official.
The top choice being floated is Nate Schatzline, a young Christian nationalist pastor and former member of the state House who allies with President Donald Trump and has claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will send federal election monitors to 15 jurisdictions in six states during the 2026 primary season.
The Trump administration is threatening to hold back terrorism-prevention funding from states unless they comply with a sweeping set of election demands — escalating President Donald Trump’s ongoing attempt to seize power over elections that the Constitution gives to states and Congress.
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