Voter ID for mail voting qualifies for November ballot in Colorado
The League of Women Voters of Colorado says the initiative is “a form of voter suppression” and is urging people to oppose it.
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In new filing, DOJ opposes block on Trump’s anti-mail voting rule
The Justice Dept. filed its opposition late Friday night to requests for a preliminary inunction on a new federal rule that would restrict mail-in voting.
This week at Democracy Docket: All the news on the fight over Trump’s mail voting order. Plus — we revealed another election denial activist at DHS
Democracy Docket was created to track the legal battles over voting rights more closely than any other news outlet — offering up-to-the-minute information on where things stand for Americans’ access to the ballot.
DOJ appeals court order temporarily blocking Trump’s attack on mail voting
The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked an appellate court to revoke the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by a federal judge in Massachusetts preventing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order.
Second judge blocks Maryland Democrats’ redistricting plan, but state Supreme Court will have final word
The Maryland Supreme Court will hear both redistricting cases on Sept. 3.
RNC threatens new lawsuit over New Jersey voter records after earlier case was tossed
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is threatening to sue New Jersey election officials over records tied to the state’s recent noncitizen voter registration incident, just weeks after a federal judge threw out the party’s earlier voter records lawsuit for lack of standing.
Public objections pause new voting restrictions in North Carolina – at least for now
A slate of anti-voting measures in North Carolina is unlikely to take effect before the November midterms because the public raised enough objections to trigger a review by state lawmakers.
Exclusive: Another election denial leader, hired by DHS, drafted letter threatening states over voting audits
The letter is the latest evidence that key figures from the election denial movement are helping drive, from the inside, the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over voting as the midterms approach.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-mail voting order again, citing risk to states and voters
A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of its new rule restricting mail-in voting.
Congressman demands answers on Trump DOJ’s election monitors after troubling hire exposed
A Democratic member of Congress is demanding answers from the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) about how it’s vetting the roughly 1,000 election monitors it plans to deploy this fall, citing Democracy Docket’s exclusive reporting.
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