- Election Administration
- California
Election denier Tina Peters gets alarming new elections job in deep red California county
Peters’ new gig will once again give her dangerous influence over elections, including the critical ballot counting process.
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- Election Administration
U.S. communities sue DHS over scheme to force states to restrict voting by withholding anti-terrorism funds
Cities and counties across the U.S. sued the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday over its attempt to leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states to adopt a slate of anti-voting measures.
- Litigation
Appeals court rules Nevada’s top federal prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
A federal appeals panel ruled Monday that Sigal Chattah, a staunch Trump ally, has been unlawfully leading the U.S. attorney’s office in Nevada for more than a year.
- DOJ Voter Data Access
Trump DOJ readies 1,000 election monitors for midterms
The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 Department of Justice election monitors across the country in November.
- DOJ Voter Data Access
- Minnesota
In 23rd loss for DOJ, federal judge rejects its demand for Minnesota voter rolls
Like 22 of her peers before her, a federal judge in Minnesota rejected the Trump administration’s crusade for unredacted state voter rolls. In a decision Monday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit to compel production of the sensitive voter data, like Social Security numbers and dates of birth. That
- Legislation
- North Carolina
North Carolina governor vetoes sweeping voting restrictions
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein killed a sweeping GOP elections bill that would have shortened early voting, extended the time period to challenge votes and expanded voter roll maintenance.
- Election Administration
- Minnesota
Minneapolis must employ bipartisan election judges in time for midterms, state supreme court rules
Minneapolis must find hundreds of Republican election judges before early voting for the midterms opens in October or possibly close some early polling sites altogether following a state Supreme Court decision.
- DOJ Voter Data Access
- Colorado
Even after 23 straight losses, Trump DOJ keeps appealing its voter roll cases
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice appealed yet another round of defeats in its nationwide campaign to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls, as its district court record now stands at 0 for 23.
