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  1. Legal Expert Warns of Election Chaos as Trump DOJ Appeals Court Ruling

    📰 Original title: We're going to have chaos': Expert sounds the alarm after Trump DOJ's election appeal

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    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/legal-expert-w

    #politics #electionlaw #supremecourt

  2. Updated #USPS policy says #postmarks might not indicate the first day the Postal Service received the mail, but rather the day it was handled in one of its processing centers. Those centers are increasingly likely to be further away from certain communities because of recent consolidations within the Postal Service, which could further delay postmarks.

    #law #ElectionLaw #MailBallots #elections #midterms #VoterSuppression

  3. Updated #USPS policy says #postmarks might not indicate the first day the Postal Service received the mail, but rather the day it was handled in one of its processing centers. Those centers are increasingly likely to be further away from certain communities because of recent consolidations within the Postal Service, which could further delay postmarks.

    #law #ElectionLaw #MailBallots #elections #midterms #VoterSuppression

  4. Nearly 150,000 #MailBallots rejected in #California primary despite efforts to count every vote.

    Lawmakers concerned about #USPS #postmark changes.

    In January, a group of mostly Democratic US senators sent a letter to the USPS, alarmed that mail-processing changes might affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an #election year that will determine control of #Congress.

    #law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
    apnews.com/article/california-

  5. Nearly 150,000 #MailBallots rejected in #California primary despite efforts to count every vote.

    Lawmakers concerned about #USPS #postmark changes.

    In January, a group of mostly Democratic US senators sent a letter to the USPS, alarmed that mail-processing changes might affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an #election year that will determine control of #Congress.

    #law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
    apnews.com/article/california-

  6. The governor, in the statement, said that she was “appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen.”

    “I believe the integrity of our elections is fundamental to our democracy,” she added.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

  7. The governor, in the statement, said that she was “appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen.”

    “I believe the integrity of our elections is fundamental to our democracy,” she added.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

  8. Sherrill, a Democrat who took over in January, held a news conference to disclose the error tied to a software vendor that is being phased out of use in #NewJersey.

    State officials became aware of the error last week & began an immediate investigation into what had happened.

    “I want to underscore how seriously I take this matter,” Sherrill said.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections

  9. Sherrill, a Democrat who took over in January, held a news conference to disclose the error tied to a software vendor that is being phased out of use in #NewJersey.

    State officials became aware of the error last week & began an immediate investigation into what had happened.

    “I want to underscore how seriously I take this matter,” Sherrill said.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections

  10. “These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a US citizen when applying for drivers’ licenses & identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway,” the governor said in a statement.

    All 6,600 people will be removed from the voter rolls.

    NYT could not independently verify those figures.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

  11. “These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a US citizen when applying for drivers’ licenses & identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway,” the governor said in a statement.

    All 6,600 people will be removed from the voter rolls.

    NYT could not independently verify those figures.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

  12. #Trump is going to have a field day with this —

    Roughly 400 #noncitizens voted in #NewJersey after about 6,600 residents were improperly registered to vote between June 2023 & June 2024 because of a software error at the #DMV, Gov #MikieSherrill announced Tuesday.

    ALL of the people affected had disclosed that they were not citizens when registering for either a driver’s license or ID, but were nonetheless placed on the voter rolls in error.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections
    nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregio

  13. #Trump is going to have a field day with this —

    Roughly 400 #noncitizens voted in #NewJersey after about 6,600 residents were improperly registered to vote between June 2023 & June 2024 because of a software error at the #DMV, Gov #MikieSherrill announced Tuesday.

    ALL of the people affected had disclosed that they were not citizens when registering for either a driver’s license or ID, but were nonetheless placed on the voter rolls in error.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections
    nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregio

  14. 🚨 The $1 million question: Where does political influence cross the legal line?
    Elon Musk’s Wisconsin voter payments are now in the hands of a prosecutor. Here’s what happened, what’s alleged, and what comes next. ⚖️
    shorturl.at/Jljkz
    #ElectionLaw #Wisconsin #Politics #Accountability #CivicWatch #ElonMusk

  15. 🚨 The $1 million question: Where does political influence cross the legal line?
    Elon Musk’s Wisconsin voter payments are now in the hands of a prosecutor. Here’s what happened, what’s alleged, and what comes next. ⚖️
    shorturl.at/Jljkz
    #ElectionLaw #Wisconsin #Politics #Accountability #CivicWatch #ElonMusk

  16. Railing against the FBI & intelligence agencies’ investigations into to Russian meddling in 2016 is one of Trump’s favorite themes. And in 2020, a majority of intelligence officials assessed that the Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden was the most robust.

    But #Trump barely mentioned #Russia in his speech Thursday, using most of it to lament Chinese efforts to denigrate him.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #VotingRights #elections #USpol

  17. Railing against the FBI & intelligence agencies’ investigations into to Russian meddling in 2016 is one of Trump’s favorite themes. And in 2020, a majority of intelligence officials assessed that the Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden was the most robust.

    But #Trump barely mentioned #Russia in his speech Thursday, using most of it to lament Chinese efforts to denigrate him.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #VotingRights #elections #USpol

  18. And, John Solomon, who is leading #Trump’s task force on declassifying documents on a range of issues, told reporters outside the White House that the intelligence community documents show NO EVIDENCE that votes in election machines were changed in the past three #elections.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  19. And, John Solomon, who is leading #Trump’s task force on declassifying documents on a range of issues, told reporters outside the White House that the intelligence community documents show NO EVIDENCE that votes in election machines were changed in the past three #elections.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  20. #Trump also referred to a report about #Venezuela showing it could successfully tamper with #VotingMachines.

    But documents posted by the White House featured an analysis by the #CIA last month that assessed intelligence collected over nearly two decades about the Venezuelan government’s ability to rig elections through voting machine tech.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

  21. #Trump also referred to a report about #Venezuela showing it could successfully tamper with #VotingMachines.

    But documents posted by the White House featured an analysis by the #CIA last month that assessed intelligence collected over nearly two decades about the Venezuelan government’s ability to rig elections through voting machine tech.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

  22. What’s more, former intelligence officials have said, #China gathered the data not to manipulate voting results, but instead to better craft influence campaigns to shape voters’ perceptions.

    While the documents outline some nascent interest by Chinese officials in influence operations, they concede Beijing never endorsed any broad-based effort to undercut #Trump.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

  23. What’s more, former intelligence officials have said, #China gathered the data not to manipulate voting results, but instead to better craft influence campaigns to shape voters’ perceptions.

    While the documents outline some nascent interest by Chinese officials in influence operations, they concede Beijing never endorsed any broad-based effort to undercut #Trump.

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

  24. The documents also do not contain any significant new revelations about vulnerabilities in #election systems. One of the documents posted on the White House website was blunt∶ “We assess that vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to compromise election results.”

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  25. The documents also do not contain any significant new revelations about vulnerabilities in #election systems. One of the documents posted on the White House website was blunt∶ “We assess that vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to compromise election results.”

    #FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  26. There has never been ANY public evidence to corroborate claims by #Trump & his allies of foreign manipulation either in the casting or tabulation of votes in the 2020 contest, or other recent #elections, or of significant fraud involving paper ballots. Some of the top officials during Trump’s first term—including his attorney general, Bill Barr—said following his defeat in 2020 that there was NO EVIDENCE of fraud.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #coup #Jan6

  27. There has never been ANY public evidence to corroborate claims by #Trump & his allies of foreign manipulation either in the casting or tabulation of votes in the 2020 contest, or other recent #elections, or of significant fraud involving paper ballots. Some of the top officials during Trump’s first term—including his attorney general, Bill Barr—said following his defeat in 2020 that there was NO EVIDENCE of fraud.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #coup #Jan6

  28. Now, of course, #Trump has restocked the leadership of intelligence agencies with people who frequently echo his often-debunked lies about #elections.

    After 24 minutes Trump ended his speech by urging passage of the SAVE Act.

    The bill, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, requires documentary proof of #US #citizenship for anyone registering to vote—something #VotingRights groups warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie

  29. Now, of course, #Trump has restocked the leadership of intelligence agencies with people who frequently echo his often-debunked lies about #elections.

    After 24 minutes Trump ended his speech by urging passage of the SAVE Act.

    The bill, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, requires documentary proof of #US #citizenship for anyone registering to vote—something #VotingRights groups warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie

  30. #Trump claimed that intelligence agencies covered up China’s attempt to disrupt US #elections. But Trump appointed the very people who led those intelligence agencies in 2020.

    Indeed, Trump was given the assessment from those agencies on Jan. 7, 2021, that no foreign country tried to change vote totals or fake ballots in the election. There’s no record of him objecting to the finding at the time.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #coup #Jan6

  31. #Trump claimed that intelligence agencies covered up China’s attempt to disrupt US #elections. But Trump appointed the very people who led those intelligence agencies in 2020.

    Indeed, Trump was given the assessment from those agencies on Jan. 7, 2021, that no foreign country tried to change vote totals or fake ballots in the election. There’s no record of him objecting to the finding at the time.

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #coup #Jan6

  32. #Trump address

    ABC, NBC & CNN decided not to air the remarks live. CBS said it was “airing a special report” during the address.

    Trump began by repeating campaign-style boasts

    The White House has created a new website posting documents that Trump claims reveal major ‘areas of concerns’ in #election security.

    Trump made vague allegations including a rant against one of his favorite targets — “members of the deep state.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories

  33. #Trump address

    ABC, NBC & CNN decided not to air the remarks live. CBS said it was “airing a special report” during the address.

    Trump began by repeating campaign-style boasts

    The White House has created a new website posting documents that Trump claims reveal major ‘areas of concerns’ in #election security.

    Trump made vague allegations including a rant against one of his favorite targets — “members of the deep state.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories

  34. “Our country has to shape up,” #Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”

    “It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free & fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  35. “Our country has to shape up,” #Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”

    “It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free & fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

  36. #Trump says he will discuss #elections security & #VotingMachines in an address to the country Thursday night, a likely escalation in his gaslighting efforts to suggest that #US election results cannot be trusted.

    Trump has repeatedly described US voting systems as corrupt & vulnerable, despite the fact that he won 2 presidential elections.…

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #USpol #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
    nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us

  37. #Trump says he will discuss #elections security & #VotingMachines in an address to the country Thursday night, a likely escalation in his gaslighting efforts to suggest that #US election results cannot be trusted.

    Trump has repeatedly described US voting systems as corrupt & vulnerable, despite the fact that he won 2 presidential elections.…

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #USpol #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
    nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us

  38. #JayClayton, the #Trump admin’s nominee for #DNI, faced questions Wednesday on #election security & his commitment to keep the agency free of political interference, during a confirmation hearing that was rescheduled weeks after being abruptly scuttled by Trump [in order to keep #BillPulte in the position].

    #BigLie #SoreLoser #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy

  39. #JayClayton, the #Trump admin’s nominee for #DNI, faced questions Wednesday on #election security & his commitment to keep the agency free of political interference, during a confirmation hearing that was rescheduled weeks after being abruptly scuttled by Trump [in order to keep #BillPulte in the position].

    #BigLie #SoreLoser #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy

  40. RE: mastodon.social/@lawfare/11688

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Background and status of US legal limits on military involvement in US elections
    #usa #electionlaw #lawfare

  41. RE: mastodon.social/@lawfare/11688

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Background and status of US legal limits on military involvement in US elections
    #usa #electionlaw #lawfare

  42. The plan came after a confidential White House briefing on Monday to review findings from the #Trump admin’s broad reexamination of old #FBI records, including from the #2020election…. Trump then announced the speech on social media, without specifying the subject.

    In recent weeks, FBI Dir #KashPatel has dispatched hundreds of agents to help the bureau’s Atlanta field office review 700 files by July 17….
    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories

  43. The plan came after a confidential White House briefing on Monday to review findings from the #Trump admin’s broad reexamination of old #FBI records, including from the #2020election…. Trump then announced the speech on social media, without specifying the subject.

    In recent weeks, FBI Dir #KashPatel has dispatched hundreds of agents to help the bureau’s Atlanta field office review 700 files by July 17….
    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories

  44. Get over it! #SoreLoser!

    #Trump is planning a prime-time address on #2020election allegations.
    
Tomorrow night, Trump will argue that the country’s election infrastructure has vulnerabilities & refer to a recent probe of government files. He told reporters “it’s really big news.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  45. Get over it! #SoreLoser!

    #Trump is planning a prime-time address on #2020election allegations.
    
Tomorrow night, Trump will argue that the country’s election infrastructure has vulnerabilities & refer to a recent probe of government files. He told reporters “it’s really big news.”

    #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  46. #Trump removed the commission’s two #Democratic members, Thomas Hicks & Benjamin Hovland. The panel’s #Republican member, Christy McCormick resigned. Former Republican commissioner Donald Palmer already had left his post voluntarily earlier this year.

    The changes were first reported by VoteBeat, a news outlet that covers elections and voting across the US.

    #law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #ElectionInterference #VotingRights

  47. #Trump removed the commission’s two #Democratic members, Thomas Hicks & Benjamin Hovland. The panel’s #Republican member, Christy McCormick resigned. Former Republican commissioner Donald Palmer already had left his post voluntarily earlier this year.

    The changes were first reported by VoteBeat, a news outlet that covers elections and voting across the US.

    #law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #ElectionInterference #VotingRights

  48. Four progressive candidates, including three democratic socialists, won ​competitive Democratic primaries in ⁠New York City last week & in Colorado on Tuesday. Progressive candidates have also won contests in Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania & Texas.

    #Trump last week called their victories “the greatest threat to our country since its founding."

    #law #ElectionLaw #IndependenceDay #US250 #America250 #NationOfImmigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #bigotry #ignorance

  49. Four progressive candidates, including three democratic socialists, won ​competitive Democratic primaries in ⁠New York City last week & in Colorado on Tuesday. Progressive candidates have also won contests in Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania & Texas.

    #Trump last week called their victories “the greatest threat to our country since its founding."

    #law #ElectionLaw #IndependenceDay #US250 #America250 #NationOfImmigrants #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #bigotry #ignorance

  50. "We resolve & swear for all to hear that the citizens of the United States of America will vanquish communism quickly ... We will send them ​quickly away, & we will ​continue to build our country ⁠bigger & better, stronger than ever before. America will never be a communist country!" #Trump said, before seguing immediately into the issue at hand.
    "We can only lose the midterms if ​we allow ourselves to lose the midterms." [or if he doesn’t rig them]
    #law #ElectionLaw #IndependenceDay #America250

  51. "We resolve & swear for all to hear that the citizens of the United States of America will vanquish communism quickly ... We will send them ​quickly away, & we will ​continue to build our country ⁠bigger & better, stronger than ever before. America will never be a communist country!" #Trump said, before seguing immediately into the issue at hand.
    "We can only lose the midterms if ​we allow ourselves to lose the midterms." [or if he doesn’t rig them]
    #law #ElectionLaw #IndependenceDay #America250

  52. Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

    It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

    #law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

  53. Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

    It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

    #law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights