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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 33m

Marc Elias was called an alarmist for saying Trump would refuse to concede in 2020. Then came Jan. 6. “They want you to believe that Donald Trump may say some things, but in the end, he’ll accept the results,” Marc says. “I don’t believe that.” Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h

🚨 FACT: Deploying ICE agents to the polls is illegal. And a new survey says it’s deeply unpopular among voters. However, there’s a significant partisan divide. More participating Republicans than Democrats support ICE and National Guardsmen at polling places this fall: demdock.com/4hAX89A

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

The GOP is ramping up efforts to interfere with the midterms. Republicans were just exposed for training Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines. This is just the start. Subscribe so you never miss an update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Trump’s DOJ is 0 for 26 in its attempts to get states’ sensitive voter data. Yet DHS indicated it used such data to claim tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in blue states: demdock.com/4Az8vrg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous a national emergency declaration by Trump would be for American democracy if he wanted to take over elections. However, the emergency declaration likely wouldn’t accomplish what Trump wants it to: demdock.com/4hBati6

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

NEW: Kurt Olsen's resignation from the DOJ marked the latest Trump loyalist to bow out after failing to prove election conspiracies. The continuous string of resignations underscores that, despite Trump's ongoing push to prove false claims of voter fraud, the effort has come up empty.

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Trump hired them to prove election conspiracies. They all left without proving anything

The series of resignations serves as a stark reminder of how Trump has directed enormous federal resources to proving 2020 election conspiracies -- and has come up empty.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

South Carolina voters with disabilities lost a key mail voting challenge after a federal court threw out the case. This means less options for absentee voting and ballot assistance. The fight over who gets to vote is happening in courtrooms right now. Follow it: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

The Biden-appointed judge concluded that federal law does not authorize the DOJ's demands for the state's voter roll. She also noted that the Peach State repeatedly offered the department the public version of its voter roll, which would be enough. Read the full story:

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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls

The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

NEW: When voters in Memphis, Tennessee head to the polls this November, they'll be faced with an unusual situation: a state legislature race with no names on the ballot. Instead, voters will see a blank line for a write-in — and whoever gets the most votes will win the seat in the blue stronghold.

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Some Tennesseans get ready to cast votes in state legislature race with no names on the ballot

In Tennessee House District 93, a Democratic stronghold in the red state, no candidate will be on the ballot in the general election.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

🚨BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-26 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

NEW: As Texans more than face their fair share of hurdles in this year's midterms, one pro-voting group is training more election protection volunteers than ever before. “We have actually already hit the ground running. We have over 400 volunteers already trained,” the state's program manager said.

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Pro-voting group prepares hundreds of volunteers to monitor Texas voting

With Texans facing more than their share of potential hurdles in this year’s midterm elections, pro-voting groups are hard at work preparing to back them up at the polls.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

NEW: Republicans argued in court that U.S. citizens living abroad should not be allowed to vote in Nebraska...because the right to vote is "precious." But in its effort to disenfranchise overseas Americans, the GOP also admitted such voters are as rare as "an albino unicorn of some kind."

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GOP lawyer seeks to disenfranchise ‘albino unicorn’ overseas voters

“I call it the ‘Papa was a Rolling Stone’ standard," the lawyer said.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h

NEW: In a loss for South Carolina voters, a federal judge upheld three state laws that restrict voter assistance weeks before the midterms. While the decision could affect nearly 15% of South Carolinians who identify as having a disability, the judge left the door open for a future challenge.

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South Carolina voters with disabilities lose key mail voting challenge

Voters with disabilities last year challenged South Carolina laws that make it more difficult for them to vote, arguing that state statutes violated the Voting Rights Act. The laws that will now remai...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h

NEW: Republicans went ballistic when New Jersey admitted to an error that allowed fewer than 400 noncitizens to vote since 2023. But when 72,000 mail ballots were rejected across six states in the 2026 primaries over technical issues, the GOP remained silent. Democracy Docket breaks down the data👇

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A few noncitizen votes are a scandal. But thousands of rejected ballots are business as usual

One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h

BREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots. The vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his “No. 1 priority.”

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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate

The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h

NEW: A nonpartisan watchdog asked a court to force the Trump administration to hand over records on its claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states. The request comes after Trump alleged that his administration found 278k noncitizens on the rolls.

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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says

Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h

GOP Senator Eric Schmitt stood 10 toes down accusing Jack Smith of attending an Atlanta Hawks game. The problem? Jack Smith was at an IOWA HAWKEYES game. But we're here to clear up a few things for Sen. Schmitt. Help us set the record straight: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11h

📺 HAPPENING NOW: The Senate will vote on Republicans' latest attempt to sneak a voter ID requirement through the chamber by attaching it to a congressional stock-trading ban. The last-ditch effort comes just as the Senate packs up for the campaign trail. Stream below👇

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h

Trump is going to try to normalize the deployment of armed federal agents at and around the polls. Let us be clear: this is completely abnormal. “The risk here is that they are going to try to wage a campaign of fear,” Marc Elias says. This isn’t over. Stay close: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h

The lawsuit is part of Republicans’ nationwide legal strategy to prevent eligible voters from casting ballots in American elections. Find more details here:

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h

🏛️ TODAY: The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments in an anti-voting lawsuit from the RNC challenging the constitutionality of allowing eligible overseas U.S. citizens to vote in state elections.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026

Trump's DOJ wants to deploy 1,000 election monitors for the midterms. But are they all trained personnel? “The same people that you saw on the streets in Minneapolis are the people who I am worried they are going to say are now the monitors from the DOJ,” Marc Elias says.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026

‼️ Georgia Republicans are trying to pressure the state’s top election official to pursue an ill-defined voting equipment software update — weeks before the midterms. Now, they’re seeking intervention from the Trump administration. But not all Republicans are on board: demdock.com/47mlnDJ

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026

Trump’s mail voting restrictions would have disenfranchised thousands if the Supreme Court had allowed them. But Trump’s plan to restrict mail voting was supposed to be even more prohibitive, with the help of two election conspiracists inside the White House. More from this shocking report:

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Report: Trump wanted all mail ballots sent by certified mail

Two White House officials, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, tried to help Trump make his USPS rule even more restrictive by requiring all voters sign their delivered ballots at home.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

🎥 LIVE: "If you want to enjoin us, enjoin us," a DOJ lawyer said while defending Trump's push for state citizenship lists. What was once respect for court authority has now turned into bravado. Marc Elias unpacks whether the DOJ will obey court orders LIVE👇 www.youtube.com/live/269vb3eRt58

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Trump's DOJ has ignored court orders before. It may do it again. A judge ordered the administration to give notice before releasing federal voter eligibility lists. DOJ lawyers pushed back hard. If it doesn't comply, voters could be purged during the midterms: demdock.com/4rBk0u6

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: A growing MAGA chorus has been pushing for Trump to declare a national emergency so he can seize control over elections from states. Voting rights advocates say doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional — but worry that such an order could suppress voting nonetheless.

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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?

Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Americans have made it clear: They do NOT want ICE at the polls. A new Numbers/Verasight survey found 59% of voters oppose ICE at polling places. Subscribe to our free newsletters to be the first to know what's happening in the fight for free and fair elections: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: Republicans launched a program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines in the swing state. The new program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities and could lead to longer wait times for voters this fall.

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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state

The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: Voting rights groups are suing to block two restrictive rules in North Carolina that they call "disenfranchising" for the midterms. The rules make it easier to throw out ballots for envelope sealing errors and impose a previously barred signature verification requirement.

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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway

The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: In a win for Louisiana voters, a federal judge allowed a pro-voting lawsuit challenging the state's documentary proof of citizenship requirement to move forward. The court also wrote that pro-voters' claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin seemed plausible.

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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims

The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier with no prosecutorial experience, has resigned from the DOJ after failing to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. The conspiracy theorist was hired last year to aid in Trump's efforts to relitigate the results of the 2020 contest.

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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election

A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: Nearly half of Americans in a bipartisan sample strongly oppose ICE at the polls, a new poll reveals. The dissent comes as Democrats and pro-voting groups have already filed three lawsuits seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed agents to polling places for the midterms.

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Nearly half of Americans don’t want ICE at polls, survey shows

Nearly 40% of Americans surveyed also don't want national Guardsmen at polling places. Public dissent comes as three major lawsuits were filed to block federal interference at polling places this mont...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 196 Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 77 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 Find real-time updates here:

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Court Cases

Learn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Almost immediately after his second term began, Trump started taking steps to try to control elections. “This is his fixation,” Marc Elias says. “This is the unifying force that holds the MAGA movement together.” They're betting you'll stop paying attention. Don't: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with the idea of federal troops at voting sites. In reality, deploying armed federal agents to polling places isn’t “fine” — it’s illegal: demdock.com/4ykNqzg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

🏛️ The Supreme Court’s fall term has officially kicked off. The Court will decide which cases it will hear over the coming months. This time around, some of them could impact U.S. democracy. Here are the voting rights and elections cases we’ll be looking out for:

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Supreme Court could take up these critical election cases as new term begins

The decisions made at Monday's "long conference" could have a huge impact on American democracy.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Trump wants to be a dictator. But that is not how the law works in our country, Marc Elias says. “The courts need to step forward and prevent a blatant disregard of Congress’ statutes.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules. Sign up for free: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

With its decision on a Missouri GOP gerrymander last week, the Supreme Court clarified one of its most controversial legal doctrines: the Purcell Principle. However, questions over Purcell’s scope and limits remain. Here’s what we know — and what is still unclear: demdock.com/4ryNRDA

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Justice Jackson’s “bright side” on mass voter purges depends on Republican election officials following federal law, and on the Supreme Court holding firm if election deniers try to purge voters. If the past is prologue, the signs are not hopeful, Marc Elias writes: demdock.com/4xM2nJP

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026

NEW: Weeks before the midterms, Georgia's election board voted to seek assistance from Trump's DOJ and DHS — and demanded voting machine data be handed to the feds. It comes as Trump pushes to control how states run elections, including which machines they use.

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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines

“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026

🎉 WIN: States and local governments won’t have to run voter rolls through a flawed DHS database — or adopt other anti-voting measures — to get funding meant to prevent terrorist attacks. A judge found the Trump administration likely violated federal law: demdock.com/4dFytQ2

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