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NEW: After the Supreme Court's conservative majority gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans across the South rushed to redraw maps that eliminate Black representation.
While Democrats may be too late to respond for 2026, at least seven blue states are gearing up for 2028. Here's the latest👇
🎥 VIDEO: Trump's war on voting has three fronts:
🎯Restricting voter registration via proof-of-citizenship laws.
🎯Controlling who gets to vote by mail by weaponizing the USPS.
🎯Laying the groundwork for another "stop the count" push.
Marc Elias breaks each of them down in our latest video👇
UPDATE: USPS just opposed a pro-voting request to enforce the protection of your mail-in ballot.
In 2021, USPS agreed to safeguard mail-in voting.
Now, per Trump's executive order, it's proposing rules that would let it refuse to deliver certain ballots, potentially violating that very agreement.
UPDATE: An anti-voting legal group in Minnesota sued to require the presence of bipartisan election judges at early-voting sites in Minneapolis before the midterms.
Their arguments are often used as fuel to undermine confidence in elections.
NEW: Trump said he would punish D.C. if voters pick a progressive in next week's Democratic mayoral primary.
"Maybe we'll take back Washington. Run it on a federal basis."
His comment was a grave threat to the democratic process and residents' ability to govern local affairs.
NEW: The DOJ is asking a federal court to let it defend an Ohio law that pro-voting groups warn could prevent eligible citizens from casting ballots. The law requires documentary proof of citizenship upon registration.
It marks the department's latest attempt to support voter suppression efforts.
NEW: Though Jay Clayton has kept a low profile, he recently promoted lies about California's election, earning him a nomination to be Trump's Director of National Intelligence.
It signals the clearest sign yet of the dangers facing the midterms, Marc Elias writes.
At least seven blue states are taking steps to redraw maps for 2028 and eliminate Republican-held House seats, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said last month.
If Clayton wanted the job, it seems clear that he had to demonstrate loyalty on the one issue Trump cares about most: lying about voting and elections.
