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New Hampshire consistently has one of the largest college student populations per capita in the country. It also has some of the nation’s most restrictive voting laws — and students feel them most. Here’s what makes the Granite State so hostile to student voters: demdock.com/4zKPjWz
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12h
It’s one of the biggest questions looming over the midterms: Will ICE send agents to the polls? Records ICE turned over get tantalizingly close to an answer — until that answer is ultimately redacted. Here’s what we do know: demdock.com/3TOpzsI
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h
Trump’s fixation on California isn’t just about mail-in voting, Marc Elias says. “California represents perhaps the greatest existential threat to Donald Trump in the midterm elections.” Want to know the full story? We’ll send it to your inbox for free: demdock.com/4rWJYbC
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h
NEW: Democrats may be changing how they vote because of Trump’s nonstop mail voting attacks. New data suggest they're requesting mail ballots at a lower rate and sending them in faster than in years past.
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Democrats shift voting habits amid Trump war on mail ballots, data finds
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said her state saw a steep decrease in absentee ballot requests immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily lifted a block against Trump’s…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h
🏛️ After SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, Republicans launched an aggressive attack on Black voting power, write Carolyn Hugley and Lauren Groh-Wargo. The backlash points to a simple, undeniable fact: The South is America’s new political battleground ➡️ demdock.com/4ztr9zG
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h
NEW: The RNC is rushing to defend restrictive mail ballot rules in North Carolina. The move comes after the state’s GOP-controlled election board took extraordinary steps to muscle the rules through in time for the midterms. demdock.com/4AUOziZ
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RNC, state GOP rush to defend North Carolina's last-minute mail ballot restrictions
The rules would not have gone into effect for this election if the board had followed proper legislative procedure, Democrats say.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20h
NEW: The GOP is suing election officials in a key Michigan city, claiming they’re appointing more Democrats than Republicans as election inspectors. It's a sign that Republicans could seek to interfere with Michigan’s voting or counting process, as they did in 2020. demdock.com/3UkaTlp
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Republicans sue for more poll watchers in key Michigan city
The effort could be a sign that the GOP plans to try to inject chaos into Michigan’s voting or counting process, as it did in 2020.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21h
WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK? 🏛️ DOJ was sued over plans to deploy election monitors for midterms 🗳️ Election deniers asked the Trump admin to regulate voting machines 🚨 Documents revealed ICE amassed millions of voter records Get updates delivered straight to your inbox: demdock.com/4hRDqGK
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/10/2026
🤔 New records show Missouri made Trump’s DOJ an unusual offer: an in-person look at its unredacted voter rolls. It's the clearest explanation yet for why Missouri escaped the wave of DOJ lawsuits against states that refused to hand over private voter data ⬇️
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Missouri offered to let DOJ inspect its unredacted voter rolls
The records provide the clearest explanation yet for why Missouri escaped the wave of lawsuits the DOJ has filed against 30 states that rejected its demands for private voter files.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/10/2026
Trump isn’t good at keeping secrets, Marc Elias says. “Donald Trump usually tells us exactly how he is going to try to subvert democracy.” Your vote is a target. Keep watch: demdock.com/3TOn1e8
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/10/2026
📬 ICYMI: Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block a pro-voting policy in Georgia — just days before early voting begins. The RNC wants to restrict how voters turn in their mail-in ballots. And they want to do it in a county that is a major Democratic stronghold ⬇️
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RNC renews bid to restrict mail ballot returns in major Georgia county
Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/10/2026
🎉 WIN: The DOJ demanded unredacted voter rolls from 49 states and D.C., seeking sensitive information such as addresses and Social Security numbers. Now, a judge has ruled the department doesn’t have a right to any of it — even the data states handed over voluntarily: demdock.com/4hCYiCO
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🎙️WE'RE LIVE: Less than a month before the midterms… 🚨Election deniers are begging Trump to seize voting machines 🚨A judge shut down the DOJ’s voter data hunt 🚨ICE won’t say if agents will show up at the polls Marc Elias breaks it down now: demdock.com/3TNhkxg
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BREAKING: Election Deniers Beg Trump to HIJACK Voting Machines
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
‼️ Some of ICE’s election day plans are documented in a new Democracy Forward report, shared exclusively with Democracy Docket. DF says Americans are being left in the dark about what ICE plans to do as voters begin casting ballots. Here’s how they’re fighting back: demdock.com/4zhkjx0
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: Wisconsin Democrats sued the Trump administration for using $20 million in taxpayer funds to run TV ads seemingly created to boost GOP candidates in the midterms — an initiative the lawsuit argues is unlawful. The ads mark the administration's latest effort to unfairly influence the vote.
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads draw third lawsuit
It’s the third lawsuit filed in response to the campaign-style ads, seemingly created to boost GOP candidates as the party registers historically low ratings.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge allowed Republicans to defend North Carolina's last-minute restrictions on absentee voting, which could disqualify ballots over technicalities like an unsealed inner envelope. This comes as absentee voting for the midterms is already underway in the state.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
A judge just dealt a massive blow to the Trump administration's crusade for state voter rolls. This ruling goes far beyond the dozens of state-by-state cases and invalidates the program on a national level. Want to support the work we do? Subscribe to our newsletter: demdock.com/4s2VxOU
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: Election denier Tina Peters reportedly discussed a scheme to wrestle control of the midterms from the states with the White House. But the dubious plan, which involves sweeping changes to voting machines and hand counts of ballots, rests on a little-used regulation that covers...WiFi routers.
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Election deniers say an obscure rule on Wi-Fi routers means Trump can decide how votes are counted. Here’s why they’re wrong
"The Commerce secretary doesn't have more power than the president. The president has zero power over elections in the United States.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: A judge slammed the Trump administration for corrupting what has long been the DOJ's "crown jewel" — its Civil Rights Division. The ruling, which blocked the department's sweeping hunt for state voter data, rebuked its invocation of laws meant to safeguard minority voting rights.
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Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting pro-voting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’
Sooknanan traced the Civil Rights Division’s history from its creation under President Dwight Eisenhower to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1957, calling it the DOJ’s “crown jewel.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: When Trump fired the independent commissioners of a key federal election agency in July, there was a resounding fear that the move would impact its critical election work before the midterms. Months later, the body has maintained much of its work to protect election security.
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Despite Trump’s efforts to kneecap it, a key federal election agency is still at work
When President Donald Trump in July fired the independent commissioners responsible for assisting states with elections, experts feared the move would defang the federal agency. But since then, the U....
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: Like many states, Missouri initially refused to give the DOJ a copy of its voter rolls containing sensitive personal information. But records reveal the state's chief election official later proposed a compromise: allow federal officials to conduct an "in-person audit" of its voter records.
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Missouri offered to let DOJ inspect its unredacted voter rolls
The records provide the clearest explanation yet for why Missouri escaped the wave of lawsuits the DOJ has filed against 30 states that rejected its demands for private voter files.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: A pro-voting group is suing ICE for failing to respond to FOIA requests regarding the agency's increased involvement in investigating voter fraud. The lawsuit comes after the group had already submitted multiple FOIA requests seeking documents that disclose those efforts.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: This fall, some voters are being asked to decide the future of direct democracy in red states. Republican lawmakers have been trying to restrict that process to subvert the will of the people. But one voting advocate says fighting for direct democracy "is more important than ever."
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In multiple red states, direct democracy is on the ballot this midterm
With early and mail voting underway, some voters are being decide the future of direct democracy in their states.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
In 2022, Vickie Marquardt (R) refused to certify New Mexico’s primary results. One county official refusing to certify won’t overturn an election on its own. But Marquardt is far from the only county official who has resisted certifying results in recent years ➡️ demdock.com/4ztaCf3
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🪪 With less than a month until Election Day, New Hampshire voters still don’t have a clear answer on what IDs are acceptable for voting. The state wants to fully enforce its ban on using student IDs to vote — and students already face a variety of obstacles to casting their ballots ⬇️
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New Hampshire asks appeals court to make sure students can’t use IDs to vote
The state’s appeal will likely create additional confusion for student voters in the Granite State, who already face a variety of obstacles to casting their ballots.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚙 Residents of Kentucky’s most populous county will be able to cast their ballot on Election Day without leaving their car. Drive-through voting is a win for voters with disabilities — and comes after the GOP-controlled state legislature passed new election restrictions: demdock.com/4znH3vg
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Fewer than 400 noncitizens in New Jersey voted after a software error registered them through no fault of their own. New records show the Trump administration discussed how to deport them anyway. ➡️ demdock.com/4hNQKfb
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: New Jersey voters sued Ocean County to stop a GOP-driven purge targeting Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the midterms.
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New Jersey voters sue after GOP officials target Democrats for removal ahead of midterms
In one particularly stark example cited in the complaint, a Democratic voter received a challenge letter while their Republican spouse, who lived in the same household, did not.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
‼️ Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad campaign is part of an effort to improperly influence an ongoing election as Republicans struggle to keep control of Congress, according to a new DNC lawsuit. “Fundamentally, the ads undermine free and fair elections,” Democrats said: demdock.com/4yeugu6
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
In a loss for Wisconsin voters, a judge won’t let absentee voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if they’re worried USPS won’t deliver their mail ballot in time. Stay informed about what's happening to your vote with our free newsletters: demdock.com/474tc0V
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨 An ICE detention took place this week in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box. Voting rights groups are citing this instance and many others in court as they fight to keep armed federal agents away from the polls: demdock.com/4hPIZ8C
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Republicans asked a Georgia court to stop Gwinnett County from allowing voters to hand-deliver mail-in ballots at early voting sites without drop boxes. The request comes a day after a state judge threw out its challenge to the county's expanded mail ballot return policy.
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RNC renews bid to restrict mail ballot returns in major Georgia county
Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
LOSS: The full 8th Circuit declined to rehear Minnesota's defense of its law seeking to combat election misinformation, voter intimidation and harassment. The denial comes after a panel for the circuit ordered the lower court to block enforcement of the law.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a loss for Wisconsin voters, a state court ruled to leave voters without an option to cast an in-person provisional ballot on Election Day if they are concerned their mail-in ballot may not arrive by the deadline.
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🚨 League of Women Voters of Wisconsin et al v. Wisconsin Elections Commission et al
Learn more here.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
ICE has been showing up at and near polling places, and voting rights groups say it’s scaring naturalized citizens and immigrant families away from the polls. Help us keep eyes on the polls: demdock.com/3TR0Gga
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: When SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans across the South launched a campaign to erase Black voting power. But the region is changing — and Southern organizers and Democrats should see it as a chance to secure fair representation, @fairfightaction.bsky.social writes.
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After GOP gerrymanders and the backlash they sparked, the South is the new battleground for voting rights
The year 2026 presents a major opportunity to elect a Democratic Congress that can restore voting rights protections and ban partisan gerrymandering.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Voting for some Kentucky residents got easier after Jefferson County announced plans for a vote center with a drive-through option. “This initiative will expand accessibility for residents with disabilities who may struggle to vote at traditional polling locations,” the county clerk said.
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Kentucky’s largest county offers drive-through voting for first time
Voting just got easier for residents of Kentucky’s most populous county, who for the first time will be able to cast their ballot on Election Day without leaving their car.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
UPDATE: New Hampshire asked the First Circuit to pause a ruling allowing election officials to consider student IDs as evidence of identity when registering and voting in state elections. Voting advocates argue the ban burdens students, especially those who are low-income or lack transportation.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
📬 USPS delays this midterm season could cause your mail ballot to not be counted. Nearly half the zip codes in the lower 48 will be affected by new USPS procedures. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected ⬇️
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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🤔 Why did ICE investigate a popular skate and streetwear store? It’s all part of the Trump administration’s search for data to back up unfounded allegations that noncitizen voting is rampant in the U.S. Here’s how the two are connected: demdock.com/4rTHXNp
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: It's been an eventful week for Montanans. On Monday, early in-person polls opened and mail ballots will start flowing to voters Friday. With just 26 days until Election Day, here's what voters in the state should know when it comes to voting access for the midterms👇https://demdock.com/4ekwpx7
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🎉 The Montana Supreme Court struck down GOP-backed restrictions on the people's right to create initiatives and referendums for voters to weigh in on. The court ruled that the Montana Legislature cannot burden the people's constitutional power to make laws themselves: demdock.com/4rTE5vR
A quote from Justice Beth Baker of the Montana Supreme Court discusses the Constitution and the intention behind people's lawmaking power having minimal obstacles. The text is accompanied by an illustration of a courthouse.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
Trump is actually very transparent about what he wants to do to elections. Yet the legacy media discounts him. “I have to take him seriously because that’s my job,” Marc Elias says. They want you tired and tuned out. We help you stay in the fight. Support us: demdock.com/4yDtK9W
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
48 MILLION voting records were obtained by ICE through an election denier. The agency's investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, also debated sending undercover agents into voter registration organizations. Subscribe to our free newsletter here: demdock.com/4hIlVIP
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨 ICE has investigated hundreds of U.S. nonprofits that help people register to vote — and even considered using undercover agents to do so. It’s part of the Trump administration’s resource-intensive search for an exceptionally rare issue: illegal voting by noncitizens ➡️ demdock.com/4jfx4n7
The image features a quote discussing potential undercover operations by ICE targeting organizations for illegal alien voter registration. The quote highlights the use of undercover agents. In the background, a person holds a sign reading "Register to Vote Here.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Trump was hit with a second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded propaganda ads promoting him ahead of the midterms. The new case says DHS diverted $20 million meant for border-security commemorations to pay for the spots.
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Trump hit with second lawsuit over taxpayer-funded political propaganda ads
The lawsuit came the same day the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a separate challenge seeking to stop the administration from using federal funds for the ad campaign.
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