14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1472+ words) Diane Golden helped secure accessible voting equipment when the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) passed in 2002, ensuring the right for people with disabilities to vote privately and independently. Today, she’s concerned that right could be lost. HAVA led to the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (909+ words) California rejected nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots in its June primary, exposing how votes can still go uncounted even in a state with some of the nation’s strongest voter protections. According to recently released state data, county election officials rejected 148,241 mail-in ballots…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (594+ words) Alaska recently removed thousands of people from its active voter lists after they were flagged as noncitizens. But a state news outlet found that some were in fact eligible to vote. Ahead of Alaska’s Aug. 18 midterm primary, the state’s elections…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (141+ words) Democracy Docket Faced with growing concerns about mail delays, voting advocates are asking a Wisconsin state court to give voters a backup option to cast their ballot in person on Election Day. Law Forward and Fair Elections Center filed the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (188+ words) State of Illinois et al v. Federal Emergency Management Agency et al Filed: July 23, 2026 A pro-voting lawsuit challenging the Trump administration withholding FEMA funds from blue states as part of the president’s crusade to implement anti-voting measures before the midterms. Among…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (448+ words) President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice appealed its latest batch of defeats Thursday, expanding its nationwide campaign for private voter data into eight federal appeals courts despite losing all 17 district court rulings to date. The department filed notices of appeal…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (406+ words) A gerrymandered map in Tennessee’s only majority-Black district will stay gerrymandered. A three-judge panel Thursday denied the plaintiffs, Black voters and allied organizations, a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have paused the map’s effect before midterm elections. The…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (323+ words) A group of 25 states and Washington, D.C. is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. The states filed the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (447+ words) The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) record in voter roll cases fell to 0-17 Thursday, when yet another federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump dismissed the administration’s lawsuit against Kentucky. Since Trump returned to office, the DOJ has sought unredacted voter…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (860+ words) When the prediction market Kalshi accused the state of Wisconsin of “voter suppression,” it wasn’t referring to gerrymanders, proof-of-citizenship measures, or other methods of restricting the vote that President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has frequently promoted. Instead, the betting platform…...