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WIN: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that election officials in Washington County violated voters' due process when they rejected mail ballots for minor errors.
Voters must be notified of errors and they must have the chance to vote provisionally.
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Why does Marc Elias always point out that Democracy Docket was founded in 2020? Because 2020 was unlike any other year, and DD has worked to meet every moment in voting rights since then. It will continue to lead the charge with an unmatched dedication.
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BREAKING: Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) rejects a referendum that sought to let voters weigh in on the GOP’s extreme gerrymander, escalating the state’s power grab into a direct attack on Missourians’ constitutional rights.
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NEW: A North Carolina GOP operative who previously advocated for limiting early voting has been appointed to a key post helping to run state elections, marking the latest move from Republicans in the Tar Heel State to tighten control over voting access. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/go…
NEW: From targeting left-wing nonprofits to ordering the indictment of a top foe, Trump’s tyranny was on full display this week as he intensified his effort to wield the government for his own interests. Jacob Knutson has the full breakdown👇
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ICYMI: Trump designates the anti-fascist antifa movement as a “domestic terrorist organization” amid his administration’s wider effort to use the killing of Charlie Kirk to crack down on political opponents and stifle left-wing speech.
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NEW VIDEO: Donald Trump’s second term isn’t just about bad policies — it’s about permanently breaking America’s democratic institutions.
Marc Elias explains why we can’t simply “resist” Trump and wait things out👇
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Republicans could bring another voting rights case to SCOTUS after the 9th Circuit ruled to continue blocking two Arizona voter suppression measures that would:
✅Require proof of citizenship
✅Give election officials power to cancel voter registration
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The Justice Department once championed the Voting Rights Act to squash any attempts to racially gerrymander.
Now, under Trump, the department has pulled a 180 and is asking the Supreme Court to gut what’s left of the landmark civil rights law.
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When Republican officials broadcast that they’ve found noncitizens on the rolls, it spurs the kind of headlines that drive worry about noncitizen voting. When those claims turn out to be unfounded, there’s rarely an apology for the lives they’ve upended.
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BREAKING: According to multiple media reports, former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts days after Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue his perceived enemies more aggressively.
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Trump loyalist and DOJ official Ed Martin threatened a former FBI special agent and “encouraged” the agent to review criminal laws after he sued far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over Jones’ lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.
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BREAKING: In a move targeted at left-leaning nonprofits, Trump orders the federal government to investigate and dismantle “domestic terrorism networks,” just days after falsely claiming they support political violence and terrorism. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/tr…
WIN: The 6th Circuit upholds the dismissal of the RNC's lawsuit over Michigan's voter roll maintenance for lack of standing. The RNC alleged that many counties have more active voters than adults, a discrepancy that it blames on poor list maintenance. democracydocket.com/cases/michigan…
Two Maine voters seek to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit against their state, arguing the assault “intrudes upon the privacy rights of individual Mainers who have good reason to fear their personal information being handed over to the federal government.”
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NEW: For decades, the DOJ has relied on the Voting Rights Act to protect voters of color from racial gerrymanders.
Yesterday, it broke from tradition, urging the Supreme Court to decimate much of what’s left of the landmark law. Jim Saksa breaks it down:
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A court will soon hear arguments on Texas’ new congressional map, which is being challenged as racially discriminatory. State Republicans have already walked back their justification for the mid-decade redraw, previewing what we could expect next week.
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