DATA: With Trump’s offensive DOJ, are pro-voting groups too busy playing defense to attack anti-voting laws?
Has checking Trump’s attacks kept democracy defenders too busy to launch legal counter offensives against voter suppression laws?
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Trump DOJ’s own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms
Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he’ll likely use the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP’s favor.
To protect their gerrymanders, Republicans try to revive a dangerous legal theory
Facing mounting setbacks to their nationwide gerrymanders, Republicans are dusting off a fringe legal theory to block voter referendums, court-ordered maps, and other democratic safeguards that threaten their edge.
Amid new GOP-led restrictions, North Carolina students lead a fight to vote during the midterm primary
Thousands of North Carolina students do not have easy access to on-campus voting sites this primary season because of a state election board decision. But students are still rallying to get out the vote.
Utah GOP fumbling their pro-gerrymandering ballot measure amid fraud claims, confusion
Utah Republicans’ plan to repeal the state’s gerrymandering ban in order to grab another congressional seat isn’t going as well as they hoped.
Leading election denier claimed DHS ‘wants to partner with us’ on voter roll checks. Now he’s a top official there
The comments raise new questions about how closely DHS worked with right-wing groups seeking to challenge state election systems, and underscore concerns about some of those same groups now having access to government databases.
In battling a GOP gerrymander, Missouri voters are fighting for American democracy
President Donald Trump’s redistricting arms race is wreaking havoc across the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone.
These Are The Trump Power Grabs We’re Watching in the New Year
From trying to unilaterally reinterpret the Constitution to attempting to usurp states’ authority over elections, President Trump’s relentless, extreme attacks on our democracy have generated an avalanche of legal challenges. Here are the crucial legal challenges to Trump we’re watching closely in the new year.
Trump DOJ’s Campaign for Voter Data is a Master Class in Incompetence
The Justice Department is demanding states surrender their private voter data in the name of election integrity. But its rapidly expanding crusade to seize that data has been riddled with sloppy filings and a growing list of self-inflicted embarrassments that undercut the department’s claim to competence.
Republicans Are Fully on Board with Trump’s Attack on Mail Voting. But the Beltway Press Won’t Say it
Is President Donald Trump fighting a lonely crusade to restrict mail voting, taking on a Republican Party that’s staunchly protecting it? Um, obviously not. But you might think so from how much of the Beltway press covers the issue.
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