Trump is once again trying to revive false claims that he won the long-settled 2020 election, this time using a statistically dodgy U.S. Census Bureau report.
Here’s the truth about the report and noncitizen voting: https://demdock.com/4wypmqZ
🗳️ Progressive Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon will take on Republican Sen. Ashley Moody for a U.S. Senate seat in the November general election.
Moody is an anti-voting hardliner. Nixon made voting rights and democratic reform a key priority of her campaign.
Find more details here: https://demdock.com/4ga9KoU
🚨BREAKING: A Missouri judge ruled that voters cannot use the referendum process to challenge the state's congressional map — a win for Republicans in their yearlong fight to keep a pro-GOP gerrymander in place for midterms.
An appeal is expected to move quickly. https://demdock.com/4cs16j6
⚠️ Rep. Byron Donalds, a staunch ally of Trump, will be the GOP nominee to replace Ron DeSantis as governor of Florida.
Donalds has aggressively advocated for national legislation to restrict voting — and essentially began his career as a U.S. representative with election denial.
Find more details here: https://demdock.com/4ztAUyv
NEW: Two of Missouri voters’ lawsuits seeking to block a GOP gerrymander are likely headed to the state Supreme Court following trial in a challenge to the rejection of their redistricting referendum.
"I think they're aware of the stakes here and the consequences of this,” one advocate said. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-redistricting-battle-moves-toward-supreme-court-showdown/
NEW: The DOJ is now 0-23 in its bid for states' unredacted voter data.
Nevertheless, it vowed it's "not going to stop," with possible plans to take its campaign to SCOTUS.
The department's strategy? Leaning on some sympathetic language from judges who disagreed with portions of the rulings. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/how-trumps-doj-could-try-to-sell-its-voter-roll-crusade-to-the-supreme-court/
NEW: To revive false claims that he won the 2020 vote, Trump seized on a dodgy Census Bureau report that claims thousands of noncitizens voted that year.
While voting experts raised concerns about the report's accuracy, Trump used it to push for new voting restrictions. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-census-bureau-revive-2020-election-lies-advance-attack-voting
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📬 Restricting mail voting is a core component of Trump’s plan to undermine the 2026 midterms.
And yet, when it came time to cast his own ballot in Florida’s Republican primary this month, Trump voted by mail — again. 🤔
Confronted with this hypocrisy, Trump has used a convenient excuse: https://demdock.com/3U4wOwA
The trial begins for a pro-voting lawsuit asking the court to reverse the Missouri secretary of state’s rejection of an anti-gerrymander referendum.
Here’s how we got here and why the case matters: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/missouri-congressional-redistricting-referendum-rejection-challenge-von-glahn/
In addition, a federal court will hear motions to dismiss an anti-voting lawsuit challenging the implementation of California’s new congressional map.
Voters were overwhelmingly in favor of implementing a new map that adds five more seats for Democrats.
Find more details here: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/california-congressional-redistricting-challenge-tangipa/
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ plans to deploy 1,000 election monitors across the country in November.
“They’re gonna wind up deploying a thousand people who are gonna be at these polling places, not to solve the problems of democracy, but to cause them,” Marc Elias says.
Help us fight back: https://demdock.com/3Tj7W3I
A three-judge panel ruled that a South Carolina law preventing younger voters from using mail ballots violated the 26th Amendment.
Now, a lower court has two options:
✅ Extend mail voting to all voters ❌ Remove the benefit entirely
Here's what could happen next: https://demdock.com/3RYrESh
North Carolina GOP wanted to shorten early voting, extend the time period to challenge votes and expand voter roll maintenance.
That dream was just crushed by Gov. Josh Stein.
Now the question is: Does the GOP have the votes to reverse his veto?
Find more details here: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-governor-vetoes-sweeping-voting-restrictions/
NEW: Trump is waging an all-out war against mail voting, which has included targeting the widely-used method via executive order and pressuring Congress to ban it.
But when it came time to vote in Florida's GOP primary, the president was more than happy to avail himself of a mail ballot. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/hypocrisy-alert-trump-mortal-foe-of-mail-voting-again-votes-by-mail/
NEW: After public scrutiny, ICE backed down from plans to offer a $125 million contract exclusively to Thomson Reuters' commercial data arm.
Critics alleged the agency could use the firm's data to target immigrants and to verify allegations of voter fraud and noncitizen voting. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ice-backs-off-exclusive-voter-fraud-contract-with-thomson-reuters-after-public-outcry/
NEW: The fight for an Indiana state senate seat is coming down to a small handful of ballots after a GOP incumbent accused his party of wrongly rejecting valid votes.
One recount later, the challenger has reversed the results in her favor and now it's up to the state courts to make the final decision. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/battle-for-disputed-indiana-election-fueled-by-redistricting-hinges-on-ballots-missing-signatures
Cities and counties nationwide are suing the Trump administration to stop them from tying anti-terrorism grants to a slate of anti-voting measures.
Now, cities and counties across the U.S. are suing, claiming the changes would disenfranchise eligible voters.
Find more details here: https://demdock.com/4x5lHC2