A Virginia court rejected a Republican bid to halt a constitutional amendment that would allow state Democratic lawmakers to redraw Virginia’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide.
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Court rejects GOP request to immediately block Virginia redistricting
- In a win for voters, a Virginia court rejected ([link removed] ) a Republican bid to halt a constitutional amendment that would allow state Democratic lawmakers to redraw Virginia’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide.
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North Carolina election board rejects early voting site at country’s largest Black university
- Republican election officials in North Carolina denied ([link removed] ) students' request for an early voting location at a major historically Black university in the state. The move marks the latest effort by the GOP-controlled state election board to restrict voting in the state.
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Trump loyalist says she can still call herself a US attorney even though judge disqualified her from the post
- President Donald Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan accused ([link removed] ) a federal judge of abusing his power after he ordered her to explain why she continues to claim she’s the top federal prosecutor in eastern Virginia. She was legally disqualified from the role over a month ago.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly on Trump probes
- Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is set ([link removed] ) to publicly testify before a House committee next Thursday on his investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
- Trump has described Smith as a criminal and all but ordered the DOJ to investigate him, part of the president’s broader campaign of retribution against his perceived foes.
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Trump wishes he seized ballots in 2020. What does that mean for 2026?
- In 2020, Trump seriously considered using the military to interfere with vote counting. Marc suspects ([link removed] ) that timing ultimately prevented him from doing so. Now Trump says he regrets it.
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Election lies are hijacking Arizona
- Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) joined ([link removed] ) Marc to discuss how election denial took root in his state after 2020, how conspiracy theories like Sharpiegate spread, and why Arizona elections remain a top target for anti-democratic forces.
- They break down how elections actually work, why accurate results take time, and how denialists are now trying to weaponize certification, voter data, and election administration itself.
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Coming up tomorrow
- A federal court will hear Oregon and Elias Law Group’s (ELG) motion to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit ([link removed] ) over voter roll access for failure to state a claim. (ELG Chair Marc Elias is the founder of Democracy Docket).
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DEMOCRACY FOOTNOTES
- Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom nonprofit hired ([link removed] ) a well-known anti-voting advocate who wrote the Project 2025 section on how to restrict ballot access … in case you needed any more proof that Pence’s group doesn’t actually represent the pro-democracy GOP alternative to Trumpism.
- Will ICE hire literally anyone? Well, a Slate reporter, who did NOT go undercover and has a robust, anti-Trump social media presence, applied ([link removed] ) to be an ICE agent and got the job.
- Add this one to the long list ([link removed] ) of DOJ typos, misspellings, and other goofs: Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, describing in a legal filing the stalled negotiations with opposing counsel in the Dan Richman case, said ([link removed] ) he “does not err this grievance lightly.”
- Florida man introduces ([link removed] ) bill to make Greenland the 51st state.
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