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Here is Trump’s blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
Here is Trump’s blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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Wisconsin Legislative Redistricting Challenge (Clarke)
Petition filed on behalf of Wisconsin voters challenging the state’s legislative maps drawn following the release of 2020 census data.
Washington, D.C. Trump Federal 2020 Election Subversion Indictment
Indictment of former President Donald Trump (R) by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C.
Colorado Unaffiliated Voters Primary Challenge
Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Colorado Republican Party (CO GOP) challenging Proposition 108 — a proposition that allows unaffiliated…
Wisconsin Drop Box Ban Challenge
Lawsuit filed by Priorities USA, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans and a voter against the Wisconsin Elections Commission challenging…
Arizona Secretary of State and 3rd Congressional District Election Contest
Election contest filed by Mark Finchem, the failed GOP candidate for Arizona secretary of state, and Jeff Zink, the failed…
Pennsylvania Act 77 Mail-in Voting Challenge
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania against Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leigh M. Chapman…
Seizing ballots would be an illegal attack on democracy. Trump might try anyway
President Donald Trump has no legitimate grounds to order the seizure of ballots or voting machines during this year’s midterm elections. But the dismal reality is he may try anyway.
Trump DOJ’s California crackdown rests on 25 potentially illegal votes out of 45 million ballots cast
The potential illegal voting identified by the Department of Justice is painstakingly microscopic: just 0.00006% of all ballots cast in the elections at issue, or one alleged illegal vote for every 1.7 million votes.
DOJ escalates attack on California, demands immediate block on counting votes from 20,000 alleged noncitizens
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a federal court to immediately prevent California from counting the ballots of 20,000 people the Trump administration has accused of being noncitizens who illegally registered to vote. The request…