Voting Rights

Judge Blocks Trump Order Expanding Voters' Proof-Of-Citizenship Requirements

The Constitution only entrusts Congress and the states with the authority to regulate federal elections, a judge ruled.
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GOP Confirms Anti-Voting Rights Extremist To Protect Americans' Voting Rights

Harmeet Dhillon, an election denier and legal adviser to Trump, will now lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
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Pam Bondi Tells Justice Department To Drop Legal Challenge To Georgia Election Law

The 2021 lawsuit accused Georgia Republicans of denying Black voters equal access to the ballot.
By KATE BRUMBACK, AP

Millions Of Voters Risk Disenfranchisement Under Republican Proposal

Republicans have dodged questions on what happens to voters who don’t have the right paperwork.
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Utah Becomes First State To Phase Out Universal Vote-By-Mail

"Voters, especially those in rural areas, will bear the brunt of this restrictive move," one opponent of the law said.
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Trump Signs Executive Order To Overhaul Federal Elections, Voter Registration

A White House official dubbed it "the farthest reaching executive action" ever taken.
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Mike Johnson Pleased To Report Election Not Tainted By Fraud This Time

The House speaker said all the weeks and months of Republicans warning about supposed noncitizen voting had prevented it from actually happening.
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After Trying To Block Election Monitors, Texas Will Now Allow Them Outside Polling Places

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally tried kicking federal monitors out of the Lone Star State, but he and the DOJ struck a new agreement.
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Voters In A Key Georgia County Received Mail-In Ballots Late. Now They Must Scramble To Return Them — Or Risk Disenfranchisement.

Thousands of Cobb County voters had been given extra time to return late-delivered ballots. Then the Georgia Supreme Court stepped in.
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Federal Judge Lets Iowa Keep Challenging Voter Rolls Despite Potential Impact On Naturalized Citizens

A federal judge has ruled that Iowa can continue challenging the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens.
By JOHN HANNA and MICHAEL GOLDBERG, AP
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