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.
Court rejects GOP request to immediately block Virginia redistricting
In a win for voters, 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.
North Carolina election board rejects early voting site at country’s largest Black university
Republican election officials in North Carolina denied 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 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.
Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly on Trump probes
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is set 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.
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 that timing ultimately prevented him from doing so. Now Trump says he regrets it.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) joined 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.
A federal court will hear Oregon and Elias Law Group’s (ELG) motion to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit over voter roll access for failure to state a claim. (ELG Chair Marc Elias is the founder of Democracy Docket).
Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom nonprofit hired 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 to be an ICE agent and got the job.
Add this one to the long list 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 he “does not err this grievance lightly.”
Florida man introduces bill to make Greenland the 51st state.
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