#election-interference — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #election-interference, aggregated by home.social.
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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.
Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.
#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
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For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.
The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.
Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
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They aren’t even in session yet they found time for this BS
#SCOTUS grants #Republicans’ emergency appeal on TV ad rates before #midterms clearing a legal roadblock to political parties getting cheaper ad time ahead of #elections.
SCOTUS halted a lower-court ruling in favor of Democratic candidates who argued cheaper ads should be limited to candidates. One justice publicly dissented from the unsigned order.
#law #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-midterms-republicans-a7a1cfc0c208d3949467756a64857cc2?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
The decision Thursday marks a rare setback for #Republicans in a national #redistricting battle. Republicans had hoped #Missouri’s new congressional boundaries could help them “win” an additional seat & hold onto their slim #House majority in the #midterms.
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#Missouri blocks #Trump backed #US #House map & orders it to be put to a vote
The #MissouriSupremeCourt has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by Trump from being used in the November #election & ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map.
#law #Republicans #gerrymandering #redistricting #rigged #midterms #ElectionInterference
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-missouri-trump-gerrymandering-5034c87f2161baa933ea337408e4c5b4?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
The emergency appeal, which leapfrogged lower courts still considering the case, is the culmination of a months-long legal fight over an executive order #Trump signed in March that gave federal agencies an unprecedented role in #elections. Voter advocacy groups & a coalition of 23 Democratic-led #states challenged that order in federal court, arguing that neither the president nor the #USPS should have a role in choosing which #MailBallots reach voters.
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#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.
#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots -
"The U.S. Postal Service has been openly defying a court order in an attempt to throw the midterms into electoral chaos. That’s according to a new whistleblower complaint":
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-usps-liedto-us-the-court-and
#ElectionInterference #Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
Whistleblower: USPS Defied A Court Injunction To Build An Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System. Its Own Staff Call The Process “A Shit Show.”
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Plan to cut #polling sites in major #Texas county draws #protests
A plan in one of Texas' largest counties to use dozens fewer polling locations than in previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion [& limit #access] in the #midterms.
The proposal, set for a vote Tuesday, would reduce the number of polling locations across booming #TarrantCounty, which borders #Dallas & includes #FortWorth.
#law #ElectionInterference
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/plan-to-cut-polling-sites-in-major-texas-county-draws-protests-as-senate-battle-looms -
#DHS plans to launch “voter fraud” investigation surge Tuesday, acc/to internal federal guidance reviewed by CNN.
DHS Secy #MarkwayneMullin has accelerated efforts to make the department a central force in #Trump’s hunt for nonexistent widespread election fraud. DHS has pushed #states to share their voter rolls for audit & has vowed to withhold grant #funding from those that refuse to adopt a broader set of #election reforms.
#law #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/homeland-security-voter-fraud-investigations -
…The official at the #USPS raised “grave concerns” in the report that the verification process in the system could reject tens of thousands of ballots in a bulk-mailing batch if “even one bar code on one single ballot” failed to properly scan, & that the rushed, “slapdash” development of the system would significantly increase the chance of errors & other failures in the verification process.
#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #coup #USpol
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Speaking to reporters by phone, Blumenthal said of the report that “the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, & the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.”
#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
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“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.
#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
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The official filed a whistle-blower report, published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asserting that the “risky & haphazard” implementation of #Trump’s order could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in the #MailBallot system ahead of this year’s #midterms. The report said that the #USPS had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept 1.
#law #Constitution #states #ElectionInterference #coup #USpol
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117181483436647924
The Trump regime is scared of facts. They need #propaganda only.
#Fascism #Authoritarianism #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #Midterms #ElectionInterference #Censorship
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The Republican governor of Wyoming is upset that some of Trump's goons interfered with the recent primary election in Wyoming:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-gov-says-doj-sent-aggressive-irregular-election-observers-to-primary_n_6a909404e4b0e35846399c41?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
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Talwani wrote in her ruling, “Plaintiff #states have neither time nor funds to design new #MailBallots, seek approval of the new designs, order production of mail ballots, update their own election management systems, train election officials to use the #USPS portal & upload citizen data to the portal, all before the #midterms.”
#law #judiciary #SCOTUS #Constitution #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #coup #USpol
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The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first #MailBallots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm #elections. US District Court Judge Indira Talwani placed a 14-day hold on the #FederalGovernment implementing the order in a case that could be headed back to #SCOTUS, which on Monday overturned an earlier ruling of hers that had blocked #Trump’s order from taking effect.
#law #judiciary #Constitution #ElectionInterference #midterms
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Judge again blocks #Trump #MailBallot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
#law #judiciary #SCOTUS #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-democrats-lawsuits-15cf1ec7dcdb8211bf6b624b75a7f4ab?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
ARE YOU IN TEXAS? Or do you know anyone in Texas? They just kicked 6% of their voters off the rolls.
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race - The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/214832/texas-suspended-1-million-voters-ahead-senate-race
(Edited because I didn't realise I pasted the Apple News URL. Replaced with direct link.)
#texas #fascism #gop #republicans #elections #electioninterference #politics #TXpol #TXpolitics
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RE: https://mas.to/@fsinn/117169848405001845
Anyone surprised that these four counties named hold spots 3, 6, 12, and 14, out of 254 counties, for the highest Hispanic populations?
Anyone? Bueller?
https://censuseasy.com/rankings/largest-hispanic-population-counties/tx
#Texas #Midterms #Trump #Republican #VoterSuppression #ElectionInterference #LatinoVoters #HispanicVoters #Fascism
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RE: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/117169309725956622
“The suspended registrations span the whole state, but also some of Texas’s largest counties, including Dallas County, where more than 129,000 voters are suspended; 56,000 voters in both Collin and Denton counties; and over 73,000 voters in Tarrant County.“
#Midterms #Trump #Republican #VoterSuppression #ElectionInterference #Fascism
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@huntingdon/117164297084112498
It’s always been their roadmap, and people better understand that it’s coming.
#Midterms #Elections #ElectionInterference #Trump #Republicans #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USA
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#SCOTUS majority found the Democratic lawsuit was premature, but that was before the #Trump admin issued a rule governing #USPS delivery of #MailBallots. #Election officials warn it will be impossible to implement in the days before the first wave of mail ballots are sent out next week.
#law #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
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Democratic #states file new lawsuit seeking to block #Trump order limiting #MailVoting in #midterms
The action, filed by about two dozen states against the #USPS, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just 2 days after #SCOTUS ruled against them in a separate case, but did not say Trump’s order was #legal [jackasses].
#law #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #WhiteSupremacy #coup #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-midterms-executive-order-7ed54dda90705ff169d0a022f6a1dde9?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
The plaintiffs argue #USPS is authorized to deliver mail, not regulate who receives #MailBallots, maintain lists of mail voters or reject otherwise valid ballot mail. They also contend the rule violates the Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers because #election administration authority belongs to #states & #Congress — not the president or USPS.
#law #SCOTUS #Trump #ElectionInterference #Constitution #midterms #TrumpCoup