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Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

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

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

#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

Voter Intimidation at the Polls: What Every American Should Know Before November

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/current-events/voter-intimidation-at-the-polls/

#Trump admin appeals latest ruling blocking his #MailVoting order from taking effect

The Trump admin is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm #elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first #states begin sending out #MailBallots.

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-midterms-executive-order-8ef4a669a50f3406481ffb8387ccad3c?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

🚨 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. ⚖️
https://shorturl.at/Jljkz
#ElectionLaw #Wisconsin #Politics #Accountability #CivicWatch #ElonMusk

#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

#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
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us/trump-news#trump-speech-voting-elections

Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

#GiftArticle

A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans

by Mara Gay

The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority #Black District

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a new congressional map that would eliminate 1 of the state’s 2 majority-Black districts, making it the second Southern state to draw & approve carving out such a district since #SCOTUS weakened the #VotingRightsAct​ last month.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #ActivistCourt #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #redistricting #gerrymandering
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/louisiana-redistricting-map-majority-black-district.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Early last summer, McNamara asked officials in the #Commerce Dept to consider the potential designation of #Dominion chips & software as a national security risk, the 2 sources said.

At the time, McNamara headed an #ODNI task force that worked with officials across the admin to investigate vulnerabilities in the nation’s #VotingMachines. The 2 sources said McNamara spoke about the issue to senior officials at the Commerce Dept, which is run by Secy Howard Lutnick.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw

Olsen, who Democratic senators are seeking to remove from his post, aimed to invalidate #Dominion #VotingMachines before the #midterms, the 2 sources said.

Others involved in the deliberations included Paul McNamara, a senior aide of Trump’s spy chief #TulsiGabbard, & Brian Sikma, a special assistant to #Trump who works on his Domestic Policy Council, acc/to 1 of the 2 sources…. Olsen has worked closely with Gabbard's Office of the Director of National Intelligence (#ODNI).

#law #ElectionLaw

Exclusive: #Trump officials tried to ban half of US #VotingMachines, citing #ConspiracyTheories

Trump’s “election-security czar” last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of #US #states by asking whether the #Commerce Department could declare their components national-security risks, according to 2 ​people with direct knowledge of the matter.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-officials-tried-ban-half-us-voting-machines-citing-conspiracy-theories-2026-05-22/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

#GiftArticle

#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

WTAF? I’m just going to assume that they don’t know that #PuertoRico unfairly doesn’t get to vote in presidential #elections — idiots

Reuters Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico

A team working for #Trump's spy chief, #TulsiGabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's #VotingMachines, said Gabbard's office & 3 sources familiar with the previously unreported events.

#law #ElectionLaw #BigLie #propaganda #idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-spy-chiefs-office-investigated-voting-machines-puerto-rico-2026-02-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#Trump, who has repeatedly floated the idea of a third term, suggested he had an idea for “3½ years from now,” when his 2nd term expires.

“You mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections?” he said. “Oh that’s good.”

Zelensky laughed & then said no.

Asked about his post on #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines from earlier today Trump declare, “Mail-in ballots are corrupt.”This is not at all where Republicans were before 2024.

#law #ElectionLaw #BigLie

Democratic group launches #legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits.

The Democratic Assoc of Secretaries of State plans to spend ≥$5M to support top
#ElectionOfficials in #Maine, #Michigan, #NorthCarolina & #Nevada. Ofcls w/the group said they may expand their reach to other states as needed & could spend more if fundraising is strong.

#Trump #BigLie
#democracy #law #ElectionLaw
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-legal-fund-secretaries-state-election-lawsuits-rcna172009

Rolling Stone & American Doom compiled its list of election-denying #ElectionOfficials by culling media reports about refusals to certify results & other denialist behavior - & by searching the #SocialMedia profiles of hundreds of election ofcls in the 6 swing states.

#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

While refusals & delays of #certification have not held up in #court, in #Georgia & #Arizona, pro-#Trump local #ElectionOfficials are seeking to make #certification discretionary - lawsuits that are currently being decided by state judges — in order to give his campaign another method to challenge #election results in November.

#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

In the swing states of #Arizona, #Georgia, #Michigan, #Nevada, #NorthCarolina, & #Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone & American Doom identified at least 70 pro-#Trump election #conspiracists currently working as county #ElectionOfficials who have questioned the validity of elections or delayed or refused to #certify results. At least 22 of these county #election officials have refused or delayed #certification in recent years.

#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

When #election night comes in November, it will be up to thousands of local #ElectionOfficials to #certify election results in their counties. Among those election ofcls are scores of #Trump supporters who believe his #lies & #ConspiracyTheories about stolen elections - & will be in prime position to act on those beliefs to try to [illegally] aid his campaign in November.

#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

These Swing State #ElectionOfficials Are Pro-#Trump #ElectionDeniers

At least 70 pro-Trump #conspiracists are #election ofcls in key battleground counties - & they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day

#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/

But ever since President #Biden's inauguration, #conservative activists & policymakers in #Georgia have tried to bypass #Raffensperger & worked diligently to turn Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into public #policy.

As #Trump has continued to lie that the #2020election was "stolen" & "rigged", Trump & his supporters have been making concrete, step-by-step progress in shaping electoral processes to his benefit.

#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #BidenHarris2024

The purge in Waterford went unnoticed by state #ElectionOfficials until The NYT discovered it. The #Michigan secretary of state’s office has since told the clerk to reinstate the #voters, saying the removals did not follow the process laid out in #state & #federal #law, & issued a warning to the state’s 1,600 clerks.

#Trump #VoterSuppression #disenfranchisement #ElectionInterference #law #ElectionLaw #democracy #VoteBlue #Biden2024