ICYMI: Georgia Republicans backed down from an attempt to redraw the state’s political maps and dilute Black voting power.
Celebrate with caution.
Republican leaders do not suddenly oppose gerrymandering or want to embrace fair maps.
Here's the real reason their plan fell apart:
Republican leaders did not reject mid-cycle redistricting because they suddenly opposed gerrymandering. Instead, they backed away after Democrats, civil rights groups and pro-voting advocates mobilize...
🚨BREAKING: Republicans sued two of Georgia’s largest counties to block easier mail ballot return options.
It's latest GOP attack on voting access in the battleground state and comes just months before the midterm elections.
📬 Trump’s executive order attacking mail-in voting can’t be blocked, as implementation hasn't begun yet, a federal judge ruled last month.
But things have changed, Democrats say in a new filing.
Here’s why they say there’s added urgency for courts to stop the order:
NEW: Trump's directive to build a national voter list is expected to be implemented by June 30 despite an active legal effort to block it.
Election officials will gain access to citizenship data before voters can verify possible errors, risking possible disenfranchisement before the midterms.
WIN: An Arizona appeals court blocked a known election denier from taking on election administration duties.
The judge said the change would have set off "serious administrative confusion" in the county amid this year's elections.
The memo makes clear that state election officials are set to gain access to citizenship data weeks or months before voters have a way to check whether the federal government’s records about them are ...
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‼️ Stationing ICE agents or National Guard personnel at voting sites is a tactic clearly meant to intimidate voters and poll workers and influence election outcomes ‼️
NEW: A federal judge allowed legal challenges to Trump's executive order targeting mail voting to proceed, ruling it would harm states' ability to carry out the midterms.
While Trump and GOP states requested that the suits be dismissed, the judge said the order was "ripe and fit" for legal review.
Trump said he would take over D.C. if Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, won the upcoming Democratic primary.
Lewis George, who is now poised to become D.C.'s next mayor, said Trump’s comment was an assault on Home Rule:
NEW: The USPS is starting to create a new records system to track mail ballots, laying the groundwork to collect records related to mail-in and absentee ballots.
The revelation underscores the Trump administration is taking steps to build out his anti-mail voting order amid legal challenges.
NEW: Federal judges appeared doubtful that Tennessee Republicans intentionally diluted minority voting power through their recent gerrymander, which eliminated the state's sole majority-Black district.
If upheld, Black voters in Memphis will lose representation in the midterms.
Step by step, the Trump administration is moving forward with implementing President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order — despite an expert consensus that the order is unconstitutional an...
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The judge said Trump's order is “both ripe and fit” for legal review because it will affect elections this November.
The new map eliminated Tennessee’s sole Black-majority congressional district centered around Memphis.
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Kenyan McDuffie conceded in D.C.’s mayoral primary Thursday morning, all but ensuring that Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, will serve as the next leader of the nation’s capital.
Votes are still being counted, but Lewis George’s top rival acknowledged her as the winner of the race for the Democratic nomination.
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At a "Fraud-Figher Summit" this week, Steve Bannon said, "We need to be at every [voting] precinct. If you’re armed or not, that depends upon what your state laws are. But I will tell you, ICE has to be there & has to be there to back you up."
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If successful, the lawsuits could make it harder for Georgians to return absentee ballots in two of the state’s most populous counties and could invite copycat challenges against other pro-voter…
Bannon on the midterms: "We need to be at every precinct ... ICE has to be there and has to be there to back you up"
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While speaking at the “Fraud-Fighter Summit,” War Room host and former Trump official Steve Bannon urged attendees to “be at every precinct” during the upcoming midterm elections, suggesting people co...
