Right-wing actors target voter rolls in multiple swing states
Two right-wing activists — who have challenged the status of thousands of voters in Georgia — sued Fulton County election officials, claiming they are not properly maintaining the county’s voter rolls and are failing to respond to voter challenges.
Right-wing group United Sovereign Americans sued Michigan and North Carolina, alleging the states have failed to remove ineligible voters from their voter rolls. The group has now sued six states this year, targeting millions of voters.
Why has Texas removed over 1 million voters from its rolls?
Louisiana to dissolve 1992 consent decree for state Supreme Court
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended a decades-old consent decree that was established to ensure fair representation on the Louisiana Supreme Court after a new map, with two majority-Black districts, was enacted this year due to a separate lawsuit.
DOJ steps in to defend voting rights in Wisconsin lawsuit
Meet Trisha Calvarese — the Democrat running against Rep. Lauren Boebert
Trisha Calvarese is running for Congress in Colorado against Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R). In this week's candidate Q&A interview, we asked her about why she decided to run for office, how she would protect democracy and what's at stake in her race. You can watch and read the full interview now.
"We need to pass legislation that guarantees protection for poll workers. It's a job. People should be compensated and protected. That is one of the most sacred things you can do,” Calvarese said in the interview. “And I think more young people should be encouraged to be poll watchers to help them understand the way democracy works."
