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Maricopa County hands election denier control over early voting and drop boxes
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (123+ words) Democracy Docket Maricopa County officials reached a settlement Tuesday, ending a yearlong fight over control of elections in Arizona’s most populous county. The agreement gives Recorder Justin Heap broad authority over early voting while leaving Election Day operations and ballot…...
Arizona Supreme Court gives election denier more control over Maricopa County elections
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (388+ words) The Arizona Supreme Court has given Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, an election skeptic who has pushed conspiracy theories about voting in the state, increased authority to shape elections in the county. In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the state’s high…...
Trump DOJ to monitor voting in Michigan’s primary elections
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (590+ words) The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to send election monitors to observe voting in three majority-Democratic cities in Michigan for the state’s upcoming primaries. In letters to officials in Lansing, East Lansing and Detroit — three of Michigan’s biggest Democratic strongholds…...
Florida judge lets Republican-led states use DHS citizenship database for voter purges, contradicting D.C. judge’s order
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (663+ words) A federal judge in Florida ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must allow four Republican-led states to again use a federal database to search for noncitizens on their voter registration rolls. The decision conflicts with a previous ruling…...
The RNC tried to throw out your ballot. I fought back and won
2+ week, 1+ day ago (663+ words) This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. We’re sharing this one with everyone because today’s ruling is too consequential not to. Become a member to get Marc’s exclusive analysis first. The Republican National Committee thought it had found…...
After Supreme Court ruling, mail voting is safe from GOP attacks. For now
2+ week, 1+ day ago (770+ words) President Donald Trump’s multi-front attack on mail voting suffered a stinging judicial defeat Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the GOP in Watson v. Republican National Committee. It was the latest in a string of recent court losses…...
Supreme Court mail ballot ruling spurs right-wing meltdown: ‘This is how our country dies’
2+ week, 2+ day ago (775+ words) Republican officials and anti-voting activists are melting down after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws Monday that allow grace periods for ballots mailed by Election Day. The right responded to the ruling by stoking more fears about voter fraud and…...
Arizona judges pause order giving election denier more control over Maricopa County elections
3+ week, 5+ day ago (577+ words) Arizona judges blocked a lower court order that took election duties away from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and assigned them to county Recorder Justin Heap, an election denier who has pushed conspiracy theories about voting in the state....
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s mail-voting crackdown advances — but there are setbacks for his gerrymandering push
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (316+ words) We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections. First, a federal court ruled that it would be premature to block Trump’s March executive order…...
Non-citizen voting: Utah finds just 13 invalid ballots out of millions cast
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (349+ words) After completing a year-long audit, Utah’s election chief said Wednesday that her office only found a tiny number of noncitizens on the state’s voter roll: Out of more than two million registered voters, only 27 were confirmed noncitizens. Of the 27 confirmed…...