Tag: voting rights

Plaintiffs include Denver, Common Cause and Democratic Party committees. DHS says no polling place policy exists.

Justice Department appeals within hours; it has also asked Washington to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters and sued Alaska over its Senate race.

The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.

For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access.

The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.

The order clears up dueling court fights just weeks before Missouri finalizes its November ballot.

The plan would also strip race, ethnicity and sexual orientation questions from the count that decides how many House seats each state gets.

The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail