via - Democracy Docket — Democrats’ lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s new anti-voting executive order has been assigned to the federal judge who quickly blocked his last executive order on elections. The post In bad news for Trump, judge who blocked his last anti-voting order will hear challenge to new one appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — The NAACP and a coalition of pro-voting groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging Tennessee’s new Republican congressional gerrymander that dismantled the state’s only majority-Black district just days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act. The post Voting rights groups accuse Tennessee GOP of racially targeting Black voters in latest gerrymander lawsuit appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Tennessee’s congressional gerrymander, which wiped out the state’s only Black-majority district, has drawn another lawsuit. The post Tennessee gerrymander ‘unlawfully targeted Black voters,’ new lawsuit claims appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — The NAACP filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Tennessee's new congressional gerrymander, arguing the GOP’s rushed effort to dismantle the state’s lone majority-Black district was not only racist but outright illegal under Tennessee law and the state constitution. The post NAACP sues to stop Tennessee GOP gerrymander that dismantles majority-Black district appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Florida voters and pro-voting group Equal Ground Education Fund filed a lawsuit challenging the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander, urging a court to block the map for violating the state constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering. The post ‘One of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history’: Voters sue to block Florida’s new map appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — A coalition of Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit that aims to block President Donald Trump’s newest executive order attacking mail-in voting. Announced Friday, the suit represents the fourth legal challenge to the order, which Trump signed during a public press conference three days earlier. In the suit, 23 Democratic attorneys general — including New […] The post Trump anti-voting order buried in lawsuits as fourth challenge rolls in appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via US news | The Guardian — The coalition of organizations says Trump’s executive order restricting who can receive mail ballots is unconstitutional Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A coalition of civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, saying that a new executive order to limit mail-in voting is unconstitutional. The order, which Trump signed on Tuesday, instructs the federal government to come up with a list of eligible citizens who can vote in each stat

via Home - CBSNews.com — A coalition of major Democratic groups sued the Trump administration, seeking to strike down an executive order that would exert more federal influence over mail-in voting — including by creating lists of citizens who are eligible to vote.