A leading election expert is calling out the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure Ohio to eliminate its grace period for mail-in ballots, which Democracy Docket reported exclusively Wednesday.
“Congress has not made any rules with regard to how states can choose to allow for and accept mail ballots,” David Becker, the founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said today. “And for the DOJ, who has no authority to tell a state that in any way, to try to intimidate or pressure a state or its legislature to change its laws, is completely inappropriate.”
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a new GOP-drawn congressional map as its “working map” today, setting it up for adoption Friday. The new plan would redraw the state’s congressional districts in a way that could hand the GOP two more House seats before 2026.
Louisiana Republicans enacted a law delaying next year’s elections ahead of a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could upend the state’s congressional map by weakening the Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority voters.
So far, four GOP-led states have enacted aggressive gerrymanders. With each passing day, a new state joins the fray. From litigation status to partisan gains, Democracy Docket’s new live tracker provides a play-by-play of these nationwide efforts.
North Carolina Republicans have, yet again, gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts. And again, it comes at the cost of the state’s Black voters. But there remains a path to defeating the measure, and it starts at the state’s highest court.
A government watchdog group sued DHS for records on election conspiracy theorist Heather Honey’s hiring, communications and activities in her senior role at the department.
The ACLU is at the Supreme Court this term to defend fair maps that give voters of color the representation they deserve. The stakes are high – Louisiana v. Callais could determine who gets to participate in our democracy and it comes at a time where anti-voter measures are surging. Help protect equal access to the ballot box. Tell Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Court filings revealed that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking voters being disenfranchised.
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau joined Marc to discuss how Democrats can counter President Donald Trump’s authoritarian actions and fix their messaging ahead of the 2026 midterms. They break down the Democratic Party’s internal divide, the challenge of connecting policy to democracy, and what it will take to win voters in a divided America.
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