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Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP Senate candidate, says he wants off-duty police officers at Detroit’s polling places.
Marc Elias breaks down just how cynical Rogers’ suggestion is — and how we can learn from history’s mistakes.
Most people will see the headline. Follow us to know what it means.
A right-wing think tank argues Congress can — and should — refuse to seat newly elected members in some cases.
The rationale is bunk. But it could convince a few Republicans who are just MAGA-crazy enough to try: demdock.com/4Bsahv0
🚨BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ appealed its California ballot case before the judge even ruled.
The department claims the court’s silence amounted to a “constructive denial” of its bid to block ballot counting. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
🎥 NEW: When reporters asked Attorney General Todd Blanche if the DOJ might try to block states from certifying midterm results, he didn’t say no.
Marc Elias breaks down why Blanche's omission is a warning sign for what's to come post-election👇
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🚨BREAKING: The DOJ appealed its lawsuit seeking to disenfranchise 20k California voters it alleges are noncitizens to the 9th Circuit.
While the lower court had yet to rule on the case, the department claimed its delay amounted to a denial of its request.
🚨 FACT: The federal government has no role in the state certification process of election results.
Yet just this week, Todd Blanche didn’t rule out the possibility that Trump’s DOJ could try to prevent a state from certifying its election results: demdock.com/4z9vUOY
🚨BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled to bar New Hampshire election officials from considering student IDs as evidence of identity when registering and voting during the midterms.
The broader ban on automatically accepting student IDs as valid photo ID also remains in effect.
Jackson:
"It seems to me that a case involving a court order like the one at issue here—which left the state election rule untouched—does not necessarily fall within the ambit of Purcell and its concern about federal courts “changing the election rules” at the last minute."
Jackson:
"I respectfully dissent because—even, and perhaps especially, when an election is looming—I would not disturb a clearly justifiable federal-court order issued to ensure that the public receives accurate information about a State’s electoral processes."
Full story: demdock.com/4i8jQWU
While a federal judge ruled to stop DHS’s harassment campaign, she did not block the Trump administration from continuing their investigation of noncitizens suspected of voter fraud.
However, the judge said the administration’s “target lists” were likely rife with errors: demdock.com/4dW6RGF
In a win for voters, a federal judge has limited DHS's voter intimidation campaign.
By using faulty data and posting photos of the arrests on social media, a California judge said DHS was likely committing voter intimidation. Specifically, violating a section of the Voting Rights Act that makes it illegal to intimidate voters and anyone who helps others vote.
Follow Democracy Docket to see where else the Trump administration is losing in the courts.
BREAKING: In a loss for voters, a court denied a pro-voting group's request to obtain records that could reveal the DOJ's efforts to deploy 1,000 election monitors to the polls this November.
The court directed the group and the DOJ to discuss narrowing the scope of the request.
NEW: Arizona sued Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to restore registrations for 25 voters falsely flagged as noncitizens by a flawed federal database.
The suit alleges Heap's refusal to reinstate the voters violates his duties and state law.
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NEW: The DOJ is asking a court to disenfranchise 20k California voters it alleges are noncitizens.
But in doing so, the DOJ has flip-flopped on its description of that same group of voters — a key distinction that carries weight.
We break it all down in a timeline👇 demdock.com/4yuuLjL
NEW: Attorney General Todd Blanche did not rule out that the DOJ could try to prevent a state from certifying election results, adding to concerns that the administration could try to intervene.
The federal government has no authority over the certification process. demdock.com/4dNHQ0k
🎥 NEW: On Jan. 6, 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took the stage at Trump’s rally to say: “We will not quit fighting.” Now he’s running for Senate.
With Senate control on the line, Marc Elias explains why we all need to be paying attention to this key Texas race👇
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NEW: House Republicans are subpoenaing New Jersey's top election official for additional documents related to a software glitch that erroneously resulted in fewer than 400 ineligible people voting.
The move comes after the state already produced 12 documents on the issue. demdock.com/4kcaXhz
NEW: The DOJ is pressuring California to disenfranchise 20k voters it alleges are “likely noncitizens.”
How exactly it compiled the list of alleged noncitizens remains unclear. But documents reveal the DOJ has referred to a broad system of federal and commercial databases. demdock.com/4yYXxKp
