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Texas Republicans Have a Brazen New Plan to Block Democrats from Retaking the House in 2026

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The state of Texas is currently mourning at least 120 lives lost due to horrific flooding in the Hill Country. But Texas Republicans appear focused on a different priority: re-gerrymandering their state to reduce Democrats’ chances of retaking the US House in 2026. After intense lobbying by the White House, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced […]

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The Supreme Court Delayed a Ruling That Could Shape Voting Rights Across the US

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The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act.

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Over 200,000 Eligible North Carolina Voters Are at Risk of Disenfranchisement

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The Trump administration’s lawsuit is the latest attempt to exploit mistakes to exclude hundreds of thousands of voters.

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A Second Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections

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Judge Denise Casper ruled provisions of the order exceeded Trump’s authority and would cause “irreparable harm.”

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State Voter Suppression Bills Could Disenfranchise Millions Ahead of Midterms

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Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has fueled legislation to restrict access to the ballot in more than two dozen states.

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Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Advance His Voter Suppression Plans

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Donald Trump has made false claims about voter fraud central to his political identity and issued a sweeping anti-voting executive order in March. Now he’s weaponizing the Justice Department to advance his voter suppression agenda. On Tuesday, in its first major voting-related lawsuit, the Trump Justice Department sued the state of North Carolina over its […]

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Democrats Won a NC Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Something Important.

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The party that controls this board holds power over who votes, how votes are counted and who ultimately wins races.

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DOJ Voting Rights Unit Shifts Focus From Ballot Access to Investigating “Fraud”

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Voter fraud is incredibly rare, despite the president repeatedly claiming otherwise.

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North Carolina GOP Judge Finally Concedes After Six-Month Effort to Steal Election Fails

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Six months after the November election, Republican state supreme court candidate Jefferson Griffin finally conceded to Democratic Justice Allison Riggs on Wednesday after his unprecedented effort to throw out thousands of votes and overturn Riggs’ win was rejected by a federal court. Two recounts affirmed Riggs’ 734-vote margin of victory after the election, but Griffin, […]

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A Massive Power Grab Could Help North Carolina Republicans Steal an Election

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Two weeks after the November 2024 election, the Republican-controlled legislature in North Carolina convened a lame-duck session for the ostensible purpose of passing a hurricane relief bill. But, with no public notice, they snuck provisions into the bill stripping power from the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general and drastically changing how elections were administered. Most […]

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Residents Fight to Protect Threatened Island Community in Georgia Supreme Court

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At stake are voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to displacement of the Gullah Geechee community.

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