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🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump’s Supreme Court majority gave him a green light Friday to turn a federal immigration database into a voter purge tool, lifting a lower-court order that found the scheme trampled the privacy rights of American citizens.
September 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump’s Supreme Court majority gave him a green light Friday to turn a federal immigration database into a voter purge tool, lifting a lower-court order that found the scheme trampled the privacy rights of American citizens.
Trump's DHS claimed 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada's voter rolls.
Then it shrank to 185.
Then Nevada checked: all 185 are U.S. citizens.
16,000 became 185. 185 became zero.
Then it shrank to 185.
Then Nevada checked: all 185 are U.S. citizens.
16,000 became 185. 185 became zero.
September 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Trump's DHS claimed 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada's voter rolls.
Then it shrank to 185.
Then Nevada checked: all 185 are U.S. citizens.
16,000 became 185. 185 became zero.
Then it shrank to 185.
Then Nevada checked: all 185 are U.S. citizens.
16,000 became 185. 185 became zero.
DHS said nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on Nevada's voter rolls. It handed over 185 names it claimed to have confirmed.
Nevada checked all 185. Every one was a citizen.
From 16,000 to 185 to zero.
Nevada checked all 185. Every one was a citizen.
From 16,000 to 185 to zero.
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
DHS said nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on Nevada's voter rolls. It handed over 185 names it claimed to have confirmed.
Nevada checked all 185. Every one was a citizen.
From 16,000 to 185 to zero.
Nevada checked all 185. Every one was a citizen.
From 16,000 to 185 to zero.
Sen. Warnock: We have an American president who doesn't believe in America — he doesn't believe in democracy. And we're seeing a desperate man trying to hold on to power, and he's willing to do anything. This attack on voting rights is about a failed president.
September 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Sen. Warnock: We have an American president who doesn't believe in America — he doesn't believe in democracy. And we're seeing a desperate man trying to hold on to power, and he's willing to do anything. This attack on voting rights is about a failed president.
NEW: A circle of Trump allies are openly pushing the idea that Trump could declare martial law or a national emergency if he doesn't like the midterm results.
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
www.theatlantic.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
NEW: A circle of Trump allies are openly pushing the idea that Trump could declare martial law or a national emergency if he doesn't like the midterm results.
Armed federal agents could be standing at your polling place in November.
Trump's DHS, ICE and FBI have all said it's on the table. On Wednesday, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Jeffries and three Democratic committees sued to stop them.
Federal law already bans it.
Trump's DHS, ICE and FBI have all said it's on the table. On Wednesday, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Jeffries and three Democratic committees sued to stop them.
Federal law already bans it.
Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
www.democracydocket.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Armed federal agents could be standing at your polling place in November.
Trump's DHS, ICE and FBI have all said it's on the table. On Wednesday, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Jeffries and three Democratic committees sued to stop them.
Federal law already bans it.
Trump's DHS, ICE and FBI have all said it's on the table. On Wednesday, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Jeffries and three Democratic committees sued to stop them.
Federal law already bans it.
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🦅 Election Day for the 2026 midterms is 40 days away.
Are you planning to vote? Reply and let us know how:
📬 Yes, by mail
⏰ Yes, early in-person voting
🗳️ Yes, in person on Election Day
😵💫 No, I have a good excuse
Are you planning to vote? Reply and let us know how:
📬 Yes, by mail
⏰ Yes, early in-person voting
🗳️ Yes, in person on Election Day
😵💫 No, I have a good excuse
September 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM
🦅 Election Day for the 2026 midterms is 40 days away.
Are you planning to vote? Reply and let us know how:
📬 Yes, by mail
⏰ Yes, early in-person voting
🗳️ Yes, in person on Election Day
😵💫 No, I have a good excuse
Are you planning to vote? Reply and let us know how:
📬 Yes, by mail
⏰ Yes, early in-person voting
🗳️ Yes, in person on Election Day
😵💫 No, I have a good excuse
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EXCLUSIVE: A GOP commissioner on a key federal election agency communicated with Cleta Mitchell's anti-voting group as it worked to boost Trump's plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration, according to new emails shared with Democracy Docket.
Exclusive: EAC commissioner communicated with Cleta Mitchell's group on proof of citizenship, emails show
Former vice chair Christy McCormick coordinated with Mitchell's Election Integrity Network to try to boost President Donald Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
www.democracydocket.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A GOP commissioner on a key federal election agency communicated with Cleta Mitchell's anti-voting group as it worked to boost Trump's plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration, according to new emails shared with Democracy Docket.
The RNC has spent six years in court trying to restrict mail voting. This month it emailed Pennsylvania voters urging them to vote by mail.
Hypocritical is the polite word for it.
Hypocritical is the polite word for it.
‘Hypocritical’: RNC pushes mail voting for its supporters while attacking it in court
The RNC has sued across the country to restrict mail voting. But it also paid for emails and a website telling voters to “request your mail-in ballot now,” a Democracy Docket analysis found.
www.democracydocket.com
September 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The RNC has spent six years in court trying to restrict mail voting. This month it emailed Pennsylvania voters urging them to vote by mail.
Hypocritical is the polite word for it.
Hypocritical is the polite word for it.
Trump's Justice Department is now 0 for 25.
Twenty-five federal district courts have rejected its demand that states hand over their complete voter files. Not one judge has agreed with it.
Twenty-five federal district courts have rejected its demand that states hand over their complete voter files. Not one judge has agreed with it.
Washington state hands Trump DOJ its 25th straight voter roll loss
The ruling was particularly notable because DOJ’s own attorney conceded during oral arguments last month that Washington’s case was factually indistinguishable from the department’s other voter roll l...
www.democracydocket.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Trump's Justice Department is now 0 for 25.
Twenty-five federal district courts have rejected its demand that states hand over their complete voter files. Not one judge has agreed with it.
Twenty-five federal district courts have rejected its demand that states hand over their complete voter files. Not one judge has agreed with it.
⚠️ Trump is ramping up the assault on voting with six weeks to go. He signed the order. His DOJ set the schedule.
The answer has not changed: register, check your status, show up.
Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around.
The answer has not changed: register, check your status, show up.
Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around.
Trump pursues last-ditch hunt for voter fraud
The Trump administration is devoting significant resources to find and prosecute voter fraud.
www.axios.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
⚠️ Trump is ramping up the assault on voting with six weeks to go. He signed the order. His DOJ set the schedule.
The answer has not changed: register, check your status, show up.
Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around.
The answer has not changed: register, check your status, show up.
Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around.
All 116 of Missouri's local election jurisdictions told the court that switching maps now is "practically impossible."
The court ordered it anyway — and estimated clerks would need "a few days."
Election workers aren't an obstacle to this election. They're the people running it.
The court ordered it anyway — and estimated clerks would need "a few days."
Election workers aren't an obstacle to this election. They're the people running it.
Missouri election workers warned switching maps this late is ‘practically impossible’ but the 8th Circuit ordered it anyway
A federal appeals court decision reinstating Missouri’s gerrymandered map for the midterms breezes past the practical considerations of election workers who must scramble to redo ballots at the last p...
www.democracydocket.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
All 116 of Missouri's local election jurisdictions told the court that switching maps now is "practically impossible."
The court ordered it anyway — and estimated clerks would need "a few days."
Election workers aren't an obstacle to this election. They're the people running it.
The court ordered it anyway — and estimated clerks would need "a few days."
Election workers aren't an obstacle to this election. They're the people running it.
Missouri's Supreme Court rejected the Republican gerrymander 7-0. Not a close call. Not a partisan split. Unanimous.
A federal appeals panel has now overruled that and ordered the state to use the map anyway.
A federal appeals panel has now overruled that and ordered the state to use the map anyway.
Missouri gerrymandering: you'll get whiplash from the speed of the SCOTUS reprimand #ELB
Missouri is currently holding a general election using its 2022 congressional map. It’s going to continue holding its general election using its 2022 congressional map. But the Supreme Court is going ...
electionlawblog.org
September 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Missouri's Supreme Court rejected the Republican gerrymander 7-0. Not a close call. Not a partisan split. Unanimous.
A federal appeals panel has now overruled that and ordered the state to use the map anyway.
A federal appeals panel has now overruled that and ordered the state to use the map anyway.
NEW: Senate Democrats are calling on DHS's internal watchdog to open a probe into new whistleblower claims that the agency unlawfully accessed state voting records as part of the Trump administration’s escalating attempts to access state voter data.
Exclusive: Senate Dems demand watchdog probe into new DHS whistleblower allegations
They said DHS's use of personal data to access voting records is "a political exercise that poses risks to national security."
www.democracydocket.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
NEW: Senate Democrats are calling on DHS's internal watchdog to open a probe into new whistleblower claims that the agency unlawfully accessed state voting records as part of the Trump administration’s escalating attempts to access state voter data.
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NEW: GOP commissioner Vickie Marquardt refused to certify a 2022 election and says she could do it again.
If other local officials follow that path this fall, they could throw the midterms into chaos — just like Trump wants.
Yunior Rivas explains how👇
If other local officials follow that path this fall, they could throw the midterms into chaos — just like Trump wants.
Yunior Rivas explains how👇
How rogue counties could help Trump and throw the midterms into chaos after Election Day
Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize.
democracydocket.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
NEW: GOP commissioner Vickie Marquardt refused to certify a 2022 election and says she could do it again.
If other local officials follow that path this fall, they could throw the midterms into chaos — just like Trump wants.
Yunior Rivas explains how👇
If other local officials follow that path this fall, they could throw the midterms into chaos — just like Trump wants.
Yunior Rivas explains how👇
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NEW: Fewer Democratic voters plan to vote by mail for the midterms compared to 2024 even after SCOTUS blocked part of Trump's anti-mail voting executive order.
Despite the legal victory, voting advocates warn the months-long uncertainty over the order may have shaken confidence in mail voting.
Despite the legal victory, voting advocates warn the months-long uncertainty over the order may have shaken confidence in mail voting.
Fewer Democrats say they will vote by mail after Trump's failed assault
This year, 36% of registered Democrats say they plan to vote on Election Day and another 36% want to vote early in person. Just 23% say they plan to cast a mail ballot — an 11-point decrease from the ...
www.democracydocket.com
September 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM
NEW: Fewer Democratic voters plan to vote by mail for the midterms compared to 2024 even after SCOTUS blocked part of Trump's anti-mail voting executive order.
Despite the legal victory, voting advocates warn the months-long uncertainty over the order may have shaken confidence in mail voting.
Despite the legal victory, voting advocates warn the months-long uncertainty over the order may have shaken confidence in mail voting.
Trump and DHS claim there are more than 14,000 noncitizens on Pennsylvania's voter rolls. They have not produced a single name for the state to check.
PA State Rep. Arvind Venkat isn't having it: "It is un-American to say that every eligible voter should not have access to the ballot box."
PA State Rep. Arvind Venkat isn't having it: "It is un-American to say that every eligible voter should not have access to the ballot box."
September 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Trump and DHS claim there are more than 14,000 noncitizens on Pennsylvania's voter rolls. They have not produced a single name for the state to check.
PA State Rep. Arvind Venkat isn't having it: "It is un-American to say that every eligible voter should not have access to the ballot box."
PA State Rep. Arvind Venkat isn't having it: "It is un-American to say that every eligible voter should not have access to the ballot box."
Trump's DHS broke Virginia law by illegally posing as voters to access their private information — all to manufacture a crisis that decades of evidence says doesn't exist.
Federal agents are being pulled off real investigations to break into voters' data.
Federal agents are being pulled off real investigations to break into voters' data.
Virginia AG Jay Jones says DHS may have violated state election law
Attorney General Jay Jones demanded that DHS confirm in writing whether it had directed anyone to access Virginia voters’ information without first obtaining permission from those voters.
www.pilotonline.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Trump's DHS broke Virginia law by illegally posing as voters to access their private information — all to manufacture a crisis that decades of evidence says doesn't exist.
Federal agents are being pulled off real investigations to break into voters' data.
Federal agents are being pulled off real investigations to break into voters' data.
🚨BREAKING: A top Justice Department official warned federal prosecutors they could be fired if they refuse to bring election fraud cases handed to them by the FBI or DHS, two people with knowledge of the call tell MS NOW.
September 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
🚨BREAKING: A top Justice Department official warned federal prosecutors they could be fired if they refuse to bring election fraud cases handed to them by the FBI or DHS, two people with knowledge of the call tell MS NOW.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democrats demanded DHS' internal watchdog to investigate new whistleblower claims that agency personnel unlawfully accessed state voting records.
The call comes after agents were allegedly told they wouldn't be held "personally liable" for the legality of the voter fraud searches.
The call comes after agents were allegedly told they wouldn't be held "personally liable" for the legality of the voter fraud searches.
Exclusive: Senate Dems demand watchdog probe into new DHS whistleblower allegations
They said DHS's use of personal data to access voting records is "a political exercise that poses risks to national security."
www.democracydocket.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democrats demanded DHS' internal watchdog to investigate new whistleblower claims that agency personnel unlawfully accessed state voting records.
The call comes after agents were allegedly told they wouldn't be held "personally liable" for the legality of the voter fraud searches.
The call comes after agents were allegedly told they wouldn't be held "personally liable" for the legality of the voter fraud searches.
Marc Elias on MS NOW: An administration that will weaponize the Postal Service against voting will certainly weaponize the FBI, will certainly weaponize ICE, will certainly weaponize DHS.
September 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Marc Elias on MS NOW: An administration that will weaponize the Postal Service against voting will certainly weaponize the FBI, will certainly weaponize ICE, will certainly weaponize DHS.
Armed federal agents at polling places have been illegal since the Civil War
That law is more than 150 years old. Two lawsuits in nine days are now asking federal courts to enforce it before November.
That law is more than 150 years old. Two lawsuits in nine days are now asking federal courts to enforce it before November.
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites
The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Armed federal agents at polling places have been illegal since the Civil War
That law is more than 150 years old. Two lawsuits in nine days are now asking federal courts to enforce it before November.
That law is more than 150 years old. Two lawsuits in nine days are now asking federal courts to enforce it before November.
🚨 BREAKING: New Pennsylvania records show DHS didn't have confidence in its own voter fraud numbers. Its representatives "did not have high confidence" in the figures they were presenting, the secretary of the commonwealth wrote after an August call.
September 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🚨 BREAKING: New Pennsylvania records show DHS didn't have confidence in its own voter fraud numbers. Its representatives "did not have high confidence" in the figures they were presenting, the secretary of the commonwealth wrote after an August call.
NEW: Trump's DHS told officers to lie their way into state voter databases.
The sites require you to certify the record is your own.
The whistleblower's attorneys say officers were "essentially misrepresenting themselves" as the voters they were investigating.
The sites require you to certify the record is your own.
The whistleblower's attorneys say officers were "essentially misrepresenting themselves" as the voters they were investigating.
September 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
NEW: Trump's DHS told officers to lie their way into state voter databases.
The sites require you to certify the record is your own.
The whistleblower's attorneys say officers were "essentially misrepresenting themselves" as the voters they were investigating.
The sites require you to certify the record is your own.
The whistleblower's attorneys say officers were "essentially misrepresenting themselves" as the voters they were investigating.
"His attempts to meddle in our elections — at least when it comes to his mail-in ballot rule — have been stopped by a court that is incredibly friendly to him."
Try And Stop Us's Mally Smith slams Trump over a mail voting rule so extreme that the Supreme Court he built rejected it.
Try And Stop Us's Mally Smith slams Trump over a mail voting rule so extreme that the Supreme Court he built rejected it.
September 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"His attempts to meddle in our elections — at least when it comes to his mail-in ballot rule — have been stopped by a court that is incredibly friendly to him."
Try And Stop Us's Mally Smith slams Trump over a mail voting rule so extreme that the Supreme Court he built rejected it.
Try And Stop Us's Mally Smith slams Trump over a mail voting rule so extreme that the Supreme Court he built rejected it.