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#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting
The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting
The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting
The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting
The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting
The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Judge Blocks Mail Rule for the Second Time in Widening Legal Fight
A federal judge blocked the mail ballot rule pushed by the Trump administration for the second time, deepening its legal trouble before the midterms.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/judge-blocks-mail-rule/
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Judge Blocks Mail Rule for the Second Time in Widening Legal Fight
A federal judge blocked the mail ballot rule pushed by the Trump administration for the second time, deepening its legal trouble before the midterms.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/judge-blocks-mail-rule/
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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
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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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#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
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#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 -
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
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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 -
Great news! #SouthCarolina Senate rejects #Trump call to redraw congressional maps
As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a #Republican plan to #cancel those congressional votes & instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the #GOP oust the powerful #Democrat #JamesClyburn.
#VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #ElectionLaw #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-6d2daecd387cc0ad1dd56e94f621eda5 -
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
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#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 -
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#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
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…The idea of *reinvestigating* the 2020 election gained steam recently with the White House’s decision to hire #KurtOlsen, a lawyer who has been tasked with *examining* the 2020 vote & other #election matters, acc/to a White House official. The hiring of Olsen, who has worked closely for years with the pillow entrepreneur #MikeLindell to promote false stolen-election #ConspiracyTheories, was first reported by WSJ.
#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/white-house-hires-stop-the-steal-lawyer-to-investigate-2020-election-claims-6395d322 -
#Republican Challenger in Long-Contested #NC #SupremeCourt Race FINALLY Concedes Defeat
Three counts had showed that the incumbent, a #Democrat, won the election last fall. But for months, Judge Jefferson Griffin tried to reverse his loss through the courts.
#law #ElectionLaw #GOP #SoreLoser #ElectionDenial
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/north-carolina-supreme-court-gop-concession.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=0369A0D2-8C06-4B6E-9CEF-20D9D901F97E -
The resignations ushered in new leadership, including Schierkolk, an *activist* with the local affiliate of the #RightWing group Stand Up #Michigan, which also works with a broader network of #ElectionDenial activists.
#law #ElectionLaw #criminal #conspiracy #disinformation #MediaLiteracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/28/us/politics/inside-the-movement-behind-trumps-election-lies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Justice #Merchan explains the reason prosecutors charged #Trump w/falsifying business records as a #felony: Because, they say, he covered up a second #crime, violating the state #ElectionLaw that forbids a #conspiracy to aid a person’s #election by #UnlawfulMeans.
Last week, prosecution won a major argument when they argued that the jurors did not have to agree #unanimously on the “unlawful means” (#crimes) they might determine that Trump used.
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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