wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our latest roundup of state voting legislation: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgState Voting Laws Roundup: October 2026Expansive voting laws continue to outpace restrictive laws, but some voters will face new hurdles. 010
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Excellent news for all Americans—the Supreme Court blocked the administration’s attempt to mess with mail voting! In a resounding victory, a majority of justifes said our clients were “likely to succeed on the merits” of our case against the USPS rule—which is auspicious for future elections too. 031
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A resounding victory in SCOTUS for voters on mail voting. The Trump administration and USPS cannot pursue their strategy to disrupt mail voting. 020
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 13/09/2026They may try this, but they will not get away with it. It would be so transparently a coup that the American people would not tolerate it. It would be so transparently illegal too. It is hard to imagine enough members of Congress pursuing that look. 000
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Key quote from Gov. Gordon of WY (R) in response to DOJ election meddling: “I feel very strongly about the federal government coming in and taking our guns — I don’t like that, …. And I don’t like the federal government coming in and taking our votes, either.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...nytimes.comWyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election MonitoringGovernor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne. 053
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It was bad enough that the administration was trying to leverage the credibility of the Census Bureau to manufacture support for its false claims of voter fraud. Slapping the Bureau’s logo on the shoddy work of an activist group that is a well-known peddler of conspiracy theories is next level. 153
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgFederal Judge Finds Disenfranchisement is ‘Plausibly Likely and Imminent’ Due to Executive Order Restricting Mail VotingU.S. District Court in Massachusetts rules that voting rights groups have standing and valid constitutional claims to move forward with a challenge to the executive order 030
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Breaking: Voting rights file request for preliminary injunction to block Trump executive order restricting mail ballots. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgVoting Rights Groups File Renewed Request for Preliminary Injunction to Block Executive Order Restricting Mail-in BallotsMotion seeks to stop U.S. Postal Service from imposing rules that will disenfranchise American citizens and throw elections into chaos 12915
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Pay attention to what Mullin did not provide: any evidence to back up his wild numbers or even an explanation as to where those numbers came from. They are almost certainly false or wildly overstated. This administration has a poor track record with false allegations of election improprieties. 0429
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The program is also riddled with errors. This is a horrible and dangerous idea. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgWatch Out for False Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by SAVE ProgramThe federal government’s SAVE tool is prone to error, and its misuse risks disenfranchising Americans and eroding trust in elections. 020
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Calling the judge "activist" doesn't make this course more legitimate. 110
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Mullin is threatening to withhold funds from states or to prosecute public officials who do not participate in a program that has been ruled illegal by a federal judge. 12713
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Important context: No matter what Mullin says, the president and his administration do not have any legal authority to withhold any funding from states that don't adhere to their preferred election policies. None. 15112
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Numbers identified through the SAVE program as run by the Trump administration do, in fact, lie. Read more here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgWatch Out for False Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by SAVE ProgramThe federal government’s SAVE tool is prone to error, and its misuse risks disenfranchising Americans and eroding trust in elections. 03117
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump's speech was shockingly thin. It was well know that he would try to manufacture a false case that the 2020 election was stolen and that our elections are compromised, but he made up an extremely weak case that, even if true, wouldn't support those claims. And of course, none of it is true. 2147
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026And, as my colleague, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social notes, he didn't even claim that the 2020 election was stolen tonight! 000
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump's speech was shockingly thin. It was well know that he would try to manufacture a false case that the 2020 election was stolen and that our elections are compromised, but he made up an extremely weak case that, even if true, wouldn't support those claims. And of course, none of it is true. 2147
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026State election officials have already debunked these very claims. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgLouisiana’s Chief Election Official Confirms Lack of Widespread Noncitizen VotingAn investigation of decades of state voting records found that voting by non-U.S. citizens is extremely rare. 030
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026False allegations of voter fraud were entirely predictable, and factually noncredible. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgWatch Out for False Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by SAVE ProgramThe federal government’s SAVE tool is prone to error, and its misuse risks disenfranchising Americans and eroding trust in elections. 184
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Trump Administration continues its losing streak in cases considering its efforts to interfere in elections. With 2 more losses today, it is now 0-15 in its cases seeking to gain access to sensitive state voter file data. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgTracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter InformationThe Trump administration is pressing state officials to provide sensitive information about voters. 12814
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The courts will not be easily duped into enabling unlawful attempts to interfere in elections--especially with vigilant and mobilized public officials, voting rights advocates, and members of civil society calling foul. 031
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The takeaway? The Trump Administration's efforts to interfere in elections are unlawful. No matter how much Trump threatens to take over elections, the president has no authority over elections. States set the rules and run elections. Congress can pass national laws. The president has no role. 140
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026And a federal court invalidated a grand jury subpoena in which Trump's DOJ sought the private information of thousands of individuals who served as election workers in Fulton County, GA, saying that there was "no legitimate purpose" for the demand. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...nytimes.comJudge Quashes Justice Dept. Subpoena in 2020 Election InquiryThe ruling cast serious doubts on the department’s efforts to reinvestigate the race, finding that it was too late to bring criminal charges in the case. 110
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Two federal courts have blocked implementation of Trump's second executive order, which tried to enlist the postal service and DHS to disrupt mail voting. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...brennancenter.orgLeague of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump (March 2026 Mail Voting Executive Order)On March 31, 2026, President Trump issued an Executive Order purporting to unilaterally impose nationwide changes to mail voting. He has no authority to do so. On behalf of voting rights groups, the B... 110
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Three additional federal courts have blocked the major provisions in Trump's first executive order, which among other things tried to require all Americans to show a passport or similar document to register to vote. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgStatus of Trump’s 2025 Anti-Voting Executive OrderMore than a year after its issuance, many provisions are blocked and others are still being challenged in federal courts. 110
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Trump Administration continues its losing streak in cases considering its efforts to interfere in elections. With 2 more losses today, it is now 0-15 in its cases seeking to gain access to sensitive state voter file data. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgTracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter InformationThe Trump administration is pressing state officials to provide sensitive information about voters. 12814
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 10/07/2026www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgBrennan Center Reacts to the Terminations of Election Assistance Commissioners by President TrumpPresident Trump today terminated two members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and the agency’s remaining Republican commissioner resigned. This leaves the Election Assistance Commission — a... 055
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 30/06/2026 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgBrennan Center Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Birthright CitizenshipThe Supreme Court upheld the Fourteenth Amendment’s long-standing guarantee of citizenship to everyone born in the United States. 001
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 29/06/2026“The administration is doing as much as possible to inject chaos into the election cycle… A top priority for this administration is to try to interfere in this election.” — @wendyweiser.bsky.social said to @washingtonpost.com #[wapo.st/4xTW0oZ 0257
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgThe Anti-Voter SAVE Act Must Be StoppedIf passed, it would be the most restrictive voting bill ever approved. 031
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Trump is holding the housing bill hostage to his election interference agenda, pushing a deeply unpopular bill that could block millions of Americans from voting. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Cancels Plans to Sign Housing Bill www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: President Cancels Plans to Sign Housing Bill 1215
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21/06/2026“The president’s attacks on mail voting have nothing to do with any real problems with the practice. American elections have featured mail voting in some form or another dating back to the Civil War." - @wendyweiser.bsky.social in Q&A with @joycewhitevance.bsky.socialjoycevance.substack.comThe Executive Order To Restrict Vote By MailTrump is still trying to suppress your vote 47935
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 19/06/2026www.ohorganizing.org/open-letterohorganizing.orgOOC Open Letter | June 19, 2026 — Ohio Organizing Collaborative 020
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 12/06/2026We’ve learned that federal law enforcement raided offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, as well as homes of employees, board members, and activists. This appears to be an outrageous fishing expedition, an attempt to intimidate people working for democracy in our communities and country. 1/3 113391
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Rank hypocrisy and doublespeak in the SCOTUS Alabama decision, to give impunity to those who engage in race discrimination and disrupt elections. /1 143
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Most commentators puzzled by the unprincipled Roberts Court ruling in the AL redistricting case conclude that the only possible explanation is rank partisanship. There is another possibility. Maybe the majority is condoning and promoting race discrimination. The evidence supports either explanation. 010
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialJustin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I never want to hear about a Purcell “principle” again. A rule that applies only to lower federal courts and concerns itself only with the state’s equities is not a “principle.” Call it the “Purcell power grab” if you like the alliteration. 1448
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The Court said it did not strike down the Voting Rights Act. It just made it that no one could ever use it. But the Voting Rights Act still exists in theory, just not in reality. The American people do not have to just swallow all of this. We can demand more from our courts. /5 143
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026States are free to racially discriminate in redistricting so long as they say they are doing so for partisan advantage. Courts are not allowed to find that race discrimination was the motive when discrimination also gives a partisan advantage. It almost always does (and has). Impunity. /4 132
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Intentional race discrimination is illegal, but courts aren’t really allowed to find it. When a legislature intentionally discriminates, courts must presume they acted with good faith. See, the discrimination disappears when you presume it away! Impunity. /3 142
Reposted by @wendyweiser.bsky.socialwendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026States are free to make last-minute changes that disrupt elections. Federal courts are not allowed to step in close to elections, even to stop last-minute illegal abuses. That would be too disruptive. Impunity. /2 132
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Justice Sotomayor succinctly explains what the Roberts Court did last night. Its series of decisions gutting the Voting Rights Act and blessing discrimination and gamesmanship will live on in infamy. 043
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026And Congress needs to step up here. The Roberts Court does not have to be the last word on civil rights and democracy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgCongress Must Respond to CallaisA ban on partisan gerrymandering, codified voting rights protections, and Supreme Court reform can mitigate the fallout. 03714
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The Court said it did not strike down the Voting Rights Act. It just made it that no one could ever use it. But the Voting Rights Act still exists in theory, just not in reality. The American people do not have to just swallow all of this. We can demand more from our courts. /5 143
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026States are free to racially discriminate in redistricting so long as they say they are doing so for partisan advantage. Courts are not allowed to find that race discrimination was the motive when discrimination also gives a partisan advantage. It almost always does (and has). Impunity. /4 132
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Intentional race discrimination is illegal, but courts aren’t really allowed to find it. When a legislature intentionally discriminates, courts must presume they acted with good faith. See, the discrimination disappears when you presume it away! Impunity. /3 142
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026States are free to make last-minute changes that disrupt elections. Federal courts are not allowed to step in close to elections, even to stop last-minute illegal abuses. That would be too disruptive. Impunity. /2 132
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Rank hypocrisy and doublespeak in the SCOTUS Alabama decision, to give impunity to those who engage in race discrimination and disrupt elections. /1 143
wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026There is a lot more that is outrageous about the Court's order in this Alabama case. More soon. 061
