#voterregistration — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #voterregistration, aggregated by home.social.
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‘We deserve better’: Filipinos reminded to register to vote ahead of upcoming elections
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‘We deserve better’: Filipinos reminded to register to vote ahead of upcoming elections
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Democracy doesn't protect itself — people do.
This Saturday we're hitting Watertown Porchfest to talk elections, voting rights, and how YOU can help protect them. Come find us between 12–6pm for civics trivia, voter reg info, and real talk about what's at stake this season.
Your vote matters. So does knowing how to use it.
📍 Watertown Porchfest · Sat, May 16 · 12–6pm
#Watertown #Porchfest #VoterRegistration #ElectionProtection
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Democracy doesn't protect itself — people do.
This Saturday we're hitting Watertown Porchfest to talk elections, voting rights, and how YOU can help protect them. Come find us between 12–6pm for civics trivia, voter reg info, and real talk about what's at stake this season.
Your vote matters. So does knowing how to use it.
📍 Watertown Porchfest · Sat, May 16 · 12–6pm
#Watertown #Porchfest #VoterRegistration #ElectionProtection
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Democracy doesn't protect itself — people do.
This Saturday we're hitting Watertown Porchfest to talk elections, voting rights, and how YOU can help protect them. Come find us between 12–6pm for civics trivia, voter reg info, and real talk about what's at stake this season.
Your vote matters. So does knowing how to use it.
📍 Watertown Porchfest · Sat, May 16 · 12–6pm
#Watertown #Porchfest #VoterRegistration #ElectionProtection
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Democracy doesn't protect itself — people do.
This Saturday we're hitting Watertown Porchfest to talk elections, voting rights, and how YOU can help protect them. Come find us between 12–6pm for civics trivia, voter reg info, and real talk about what's at stake this season.
Your vote matters. So does knowing how to use it.
📍 Watertown Porchfest · Sat, May 16 · 12–6pm
#Watertown #Porchfest #VoterRegistration #ElectionProtection
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Democracy doesn't protect itself — people do.
This Saturday we're hitting Watertown Porchfest to talk elections, voting rights, and how YOU can help protect them. Come find us between 12–6pm for civics trivia, voter reg info, and real talk about what's at stake this season.
Your vote matters. So does knowing how to use it.
📍 Watertown Porchfest · Sat, May 16 · 12–6pm
#Watertown #Porchfest #VoterRegistration #ElectionProtection
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https://www.europesays.com/people/62062/ What is the SAVE America Act? What to know about the bill Trump is pushing #bill #BirthCertificate #ChuckSchumer #FederalElections #JohnThune #noncitizens #ProofOfCitizenship #SAVEAmerica #Trump #VoterRegistration
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Justice Department's Sweeping Push for Voter Data Sparks Legal Battles and Scrutiny
The Justice Department is suing 30 states for voter data. Find out why and what happens next for voter registration.
#VoterData, #DOJLawsuit, #ElectionIntegrity, #StateRights, #VoterRegistration
https://newsletter.tf/doj-voter-data-lawsuits-30-states-legal-action/
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The Justice Department is suing 30 states and Washington D.C. for voter registration data, a move that has led to legal battles.
#VoterData, #DOJLawsuit, #ElectionIntegrity, #StateRights, #VoterRegistration
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First time voters, here’s how you can register fast and get election-ready in minutes https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/first-time-voter-registration-india-2026-guide-rizdu870?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #VoterRegistration #FirstTimeVoter #IndiaVotes #Election2026 #ECI
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Jalen Williams to make return with Thunder after hamstring injury https://www.rawchili.com/nba/673611/ #76ers #Basketball #FightingoklahomaChronicle #game #HamstringInjury #JalenWilliams #NBA #NewLook #OklahomaCity #OklahomaDemocraticParty #PM #Philadelphia #Philadelphia76er #Philadelphia76ers #Philadelphia76ers #return #season #SurvivorsActsavannahGuthrie #Thunder #TopHeadlinesevacuationOrder #VoterRegistration
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116139026633966900
The office of the Attorney General doesn't have an official "oversight" role for elections but, under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (designed to make sure black people weren't being discriminated against), that office can demand voter registration records regarding an election within 22 months of it taking place—the period defined by when the person holding those records can destroy them.
See attached image in my reply to this post. The yellow highlight shows the pertinent section.
Note that the part highlighted in green means that the Attorney General or representative *must* go to the place where the records are held to access them; this would preclude sending them via e-mail, for example.
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@paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 https://www.nokings.org
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@paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 https://www.nokings.org
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@paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 https://www.nokings.org
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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct : https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org : https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration : https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 : https://www.nokings.org
#Indivisible : https://indivisible.org
#DemocracyDocket : https://www.democracydocket.com
#MalcolmNance : https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1161069.Malcolm_W_Nance
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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct : https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org : https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration : https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 : https://www.nokings.org
#Indivisible : https://indivisible.org
#DemocracyDocket : https://www.democracydocket.com
#MalcolmNance : https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1161069.Malcolm_W_Nance
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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social https://paulapoundstone.com
#NoSaveAct : https://5calls.org/issue/save-act-voter-suppression/
#5Calls @5calls.org : https://5calls.org
#NPR #VoterRegistration : https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/
#NoKings Rally Sat, March 28 : https://www.nokings.org
#Indivisible : https://indivisible.org
#DemocracyDocket : https://www.democracydocket.com
#MalcolmNance : https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1161069.Malcolm_W_Nance
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Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections
Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM ESTExcerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.
"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.
"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.
"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.
"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.
"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.
" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."
Full article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement #ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #DefundICE #ICESucks #ICEOut -
Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections
Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM ESTExcerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.
"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.
"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.
"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.
"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.
"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.
" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."
Full article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement #ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #DefundICE #ICESucks #ICEOut -
Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections
Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM ESTExcerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.
"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.
"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.
"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.
"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.
"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.
" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."
Full article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement #ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #DefundICE #ICESucks #ICEOut -
Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections
Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM ESTExcerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.
"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.
"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.
"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.
"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.
"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.
" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."
Full article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement #ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #DefundICE #ICESucks #ICEOut -
Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections
Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM ESTExcerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.
"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.
"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.
"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.
"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.
"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.
" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."
Full article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement #ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #DefundICE #ICESucks #ICEOut -
#ShennaBellows says Trump's call for federal #elections takeover is blatantly #unconstitutional
#MainePublic | By Steve Mistler
Published February 3, 2026"Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's call for a federal takeover of elections is blatantly unconstitutional, but a threat that should be taken seriously given moves his administration has already made.
"Bellows, a Democrat who is also running for governor, says the president's comments on a right-wing podcast about commandeering elections in 15 unnamed states fit a troubling pattern. That includes an effort by the Department of Justice to obtain states' private voter data, which Bellows' office is fighting alongside Oregon in federal court.
"Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon also pushed back after receiving a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi suggesting the immigration surge there would end if officials complied with the DOJ, a request he described as 'apparent ransom.'
"Bellows said those moves, along with the FBI's recent raid of election offices in #FultonCounty #Georgia, suggest Trump is trying to preempt voter backlash to his policies in coming #elections.
" 'The president fears big losses in the 2026 and 2028 and is trying to set the stage for federal interference in our elections,' she said.
"Under the #Constitution, states govern American elections. But Trump has frequently made unsubstantiated claims that Democrats exploit the decentralized system to rig outcomes."
#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
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#DemocracyNow - “No Means No”: #AZ Secretary of State Calls for #Resistance as #Trump Pushes to “#Nationalize” #Voting
February 04, 2026
"As President Trump suggests the federal government should 'nationalize' and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with #Arizona Secretary of State #AdrianFontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The #JusticeDepartment has sued Arizona and over 20 other states [includng #Maine] for their full #VoterRegistration lists. 'No means no,' Fontes says in response to the Trump administration’s encroachment on state authority. 'We should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but it’s against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice.' "
Read more / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/4/arizona_election#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #Authoritarianism #Fascism
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This Bill in the Senate Could Disenfranchise Millions of #WomenVoters
Trump has renewed pressure for the Senate to pass the #SAVEAct, which requires #ProofOfCitizenship to vote. For the 69 million women who have changed their last name this would create a barrier to voting.
Kathleen Davis
Feb 3, 2026"Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, the strongest way to make your voice heard is at the voting booth. Yet amid all the turmoil and horror playing out in the streets across the country right now, there’s a quieter, just as insidious plan that could disenfranchise millions of Americans (particularly women) come the November midterm elections.
"The misleadingly named Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (#SAVE) Act, is a republican-sponsored bill that passed in congress in April 2025. It’s sat in the Republican-majority Senate for months but Trump is now putting new pressure to pass it. If it does pass, it could silence millions of voters by creating new barriers to voter registration by requiring in-person proof of citizenship (a birth certificate or passport) that matches the voter’s legal name. Since around 84% of American women who marry take their husband’s last name or hyphenate their surname, this means that an estimated 69 million women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth certificate.
"Given that less than half of Americans even have a passport, and about 4 million adult U.S. citizens do not have access to their birth certificate (or other documentary proof of citizenship), that means 21 million Americans could be turned away at the polls. Just as chilling: Given SAVE’s proposed requirement that these documents be presented in person, the bill poses a serious threat to online, mail-in and automatic voter registration, options used by millions of Americans.
"Legal experts also worry that inconsistencies and ambiguities in the bill will lead to uneven enforcement across the country. 'Will marriage certificates be accepted equally across all jurisdictions? We don’t know, because some marriage certificates have different types of information on them, depending on the jurisdiction,' Keesha Middlemass, a political science professor at Howard University told NPR. “'The disenfranchisement — we won't know about it until after the fact.'
"The prospect of such a drastic change to #VoterRegistration coincides with President Trump’s push to suppress voters. Last month, the president repeatedly posted on social media to 'DEMAND VOTER I.D.,' urging action on the bill and reiterating his debunked lies about the outcome of the 2020 election. Elon Musk echoed those calls on X, where “Pass the SAVE Act,” trended last week. Also last week, the #RightWing #TeaPartyPatriots Action group put out a call to its members to pressure the 17 Republican Senators who have not yet cosponsored the SAVE Act. This week Semafor reported that Trump had convinced the few Senate Republican holdouts to vote to pass the #VoterID bill.
"If the act does pass, the stakes are high. 'We've had very close elections in the last three cycles, so if you reduce potential voters by 1 or 2% that could change the outcome of the election,' Middlemass said.
"What can you do now to keep the right to vote free and fair for all? If your legal name doesn’t match your birth certificate or passport, you’ll need to request certified name change documentation like a marriage certificate or divorce decree and check with your state’s security of state that both your voter registration and proof of citizenship are up to date. The U.S. government site, for now, urges those who have changed their name to update their voter registration online or by mail.
"While hope remains that the bill won’t pass through the Senate, if it does, voters will need to get their ducks in a row in advance of election day, since processing these documents can take up to 12 weeks, or longer if states have a backlog of requests. In the meantime, you can sign the League of Women Voters petition to senators not to pass the SAVE Act, or call your senator directly."
Source:
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/#USPol #WomenVoters #VoterSuppression #VoterDisenfranchisement
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Texas Hands Over Its Entire Voter Registration List to the Trump Administration
The Democratic National Committee said the move to hand over the voter roll could violate federal election law. -
Texas Hands Over Its Entire Voter Registration List to the Trump Administration
The Democratic National Committee said the move to hand over the voter roll could violate federal election law. -
Texas Hands Over Its Entire Voter Registration List to the Trump Administration
The Democratic National Committee said the move to hand over the voter roll could violate federal election law. -
Texas Hands Over Its Entire Voter Registration List to the Trump Administration
The Democratic National Committee said the move to hand over the voter roll could violate federal election law. -
Texas Hands Over Its Entire Voter Registration List to the Trump Administration
The Democratic National Committee said the move to hand over the voter roll could violate federal election law. -
“Get Out of Minneapolis”: Mayor Frey Blasts ICE After Civilian Killing
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivers a blistering response after ICE kills a civilian, rejecting spin, demanding justice, and urging peaceful protest and voter action.
#Accountability #civilianKilledICE #communitySafety #defundICE #democracy #FederalOverreach #ICEViolence #immigrationEnforcementAbuse #JacobFrey #MinneapolisICEShooting #peacefulProtest #policeViolence #ProgressivePolitics #VoterRegistration #VoterSuppression https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oxV -
Thanks to the Southeast Ventura County YMCA Youth and Government program for the invitation to speak on civic engagement. The kids asked great questions and seemed very interested in getting more involved in their local governments. I encouraged them to get involved in the issues they care about – in other words, to come give us politicians a hard time. :-)
Did you know 16-year-olds in California can pre-register, so they'll be able to vote on their 18th birthday? Even better, they can register online at https://registertovote.ca.gov/
📷: Kyle Rohrbach
#civics #civicengagement #youth #ymca #voting #voterregistration #thousandoaks #conejovalley #tocc
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Over the weekend, our Voter Services volunteers enjoyed registering voters at the Haight Ashbury Food Program's Saturday food pantry, which does so much good for neighbors in need.
#SanFrancisco #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #SF #VoterRegistration #BeAVoter #RegisterToVote
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#Maine rejects #JusticeDepartment’s request for all #voters’ personal info, list of election officials
Secretary of State #ShennaBellows' responded to the request by telling the DOJ to "go jump in the Gulf of Maine."
by Dylan Tusinski, July 29, 2025
AUGUSTA — "Maine is denying the U.S. Department of Justice access to its voter registration records, state officials said Tuesday, rejecting an unprecedented request for sensitive voter data that the Trump administration has now delivered to all 50 states.
"A letter late last week to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and signed by Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Michael Gates claims Maine had roughly 11,000 voters with duplicate registration. It requested the state’s entire voter registration list dating back to November 2022 'to ensure that ineligible voters are being removed.'
"The state has 14 days to respond to the letter dated July 24.
"Bellows, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, said in a press conference Tuesday the Trump administration is overstepping its bounds, empowering false narratives and 'trying to change the topic away from the Epstein files.'
" 'Article 1 of the Constitution places the states — not President Trump, not the federal government — in charge of federal elections,' she said. 'The DOJ doesn’t get to know everything about you just because they want to.'
"Bellows’ office is coordinating with Maine’s Office of Attorney General to draft a formal response, she said.
The Maine Republican Party has previously claimed widespread voter fraud across the state, but a subsequent investigation by Bellows’ office concluded this month and found those claims were baseless. Just because someone is registered to vote in two different towns doesn’t mean they intended to vote twice. Often, it simply means that they moved between elections."A spokesman for Maine Senate Republicans declined to comment on the DOJ’s request or Bellows’ response. Other Maine GOP officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
"In addition to #VoterRegistration information, the DOJ also has requested the names of local election officials as well as information about noncitizens, felons, and deceased people’s alleged participation in Maine elections following President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from him.
" 'Please provide a description of the steps that Maine has taken, and when those steps were taken, to identify registered voters who are ineligible to vote as well as the procedures it used to remove those ineligible voters from the registration list,' the DOJ’s letter reads.
"The DOJ has not publicly said why they are seeking voter records across the country. Asked about the request to Maine and other states, spokesperson Pierson Furnish replied in an email 'No comment.'
"The first Trump administration similarly made requests to view all Americans’ voter information in 2017. Then-Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said at the time he would release voters’ names, ages, residences and districts with the government, as allowed by Maine law.
"The American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] of Maine said the DOJ’s actions both now and then are part of 'a clear pattern of intimidation' and applauded Bellows’ refusal to share voters’ information.
" 'This letter also fuels #FalseNarratives that sow distrust in our elections. Maine elections are safe, secure, and accessible, and that’s why Maine consistently has some of the highest voter turnout,' said Samuel Crankshaw, the group’s communications director. 'Our government should focus on helping more people exercise their fundamental rights.'
Maine’s voter turnout is reliably high compared to other states and more Mainers voted in 2024 than in any election before, according to state voting data.
"The Justice Department initially reached out to swing states like #Michigan, #Arizona and #Wisconsin, where local election clerks have reported federal agents requesting broad access to the states’ #RegistrationRolls and #VotingMachines.
Now, Bellows said all 50 states have received similar letters. #Maine, #Minnesota and #NewHampshire are the only states to have rejected the requests so far."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/K91De#District13 #MaineResists #MinnesotaResists #NewHampshireResists #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #GovernmentOverreach #BigBrother #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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#Politics #DOJ #trump #VoterRegistration #Interference#Wisconsin #Corruption #ElectionCommission #VoterRolls #2020Election #alt
Aaron Parnas 7/24/25
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Casper cited arguments made by the #states that the requirements would “burden the States with significant efforts & substantial costs” to update procedures.
The ruling is the second #legal setback for #Trump’s election order. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., previously blocked parts of the directive, including the proof-of-#citizenship requirement for the federal #VoterRegistration form.
#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy
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Trump DOJ Orders Disturbing Reshuffling on Elections #DonaldTrump #DOJ #MadKingDonald #DementiaDon #Unhinged #FailuretoLead #Unqualified #Incompetence #Voterregistration
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https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-who-voted-pass-save-act-2058404
The move will disenfranchise troops overseas, #NativeAmericans, #marriedwomen whose name does not match their birth certificate, and #disabled people who cannot physically get to a #voterregistration location to show their proof.
The following four Democrats voted to pass the bill through Congress:
#RepJaredGolden, #MEpol
#RepMarieGluesenkampPerez, #WApol
#RepHenryCuellar, #TXpol
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#Trump seeks to mandate proof of #citizenship in #VoterRegistration
"Only about half of Americans have a U.S. passport, and only five states currently offer enhanced driver's licenses that show proof of citizenship."
By Jude Joffe-Block, March 26, 20251:09 AM ET
Excerpt: "#VotingRights advocates, however, warn outdated databases can erroneously list naturalized citizens as noncitizens. Past efforts by states to purge noncitizens from voter rolls have sometimes swept up eligible U.S. citizens.
"The executive order also seeks to stop states from counting mail or absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after by withholding funding from states that allow such ballots to be counted.
"Proof of citizenship requirement
"Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump and his allies made baseless claims about the threat of noncitizens voting in large numbers.
"The current federal voter registration form asks registrants to swear, under penalty of perjury, that they are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote, and to provide a driver's license number, state ID number or Social Security number. Those who attempt to vote illegally can face prison time, fines or deportation. Past audits and studies have shown such cases are incredibly rare.
"Yet Republicans have made requiring documentary proof of citizenship a policy priority. The executive order borrows heavily from the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the #SAVEAct, a Republican-backed bill. House Republicans have signaled that they intend to pass it in their chamber but it faces difficult odds in the Senate.
"The executive order shows #Trump isn't waiting for Congress. But legal experts say that he does not have the authority through #ExecutiveOrder to make such changes, and the order conflicts with existing #FederalVotingLaw.
"'It's illegal at many different levels,' said Sean Morales-Doyle, the voting rights director at the #BrennanCenter for Justice, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for voting rights. The order directs the #ElectionAssistanceCommission, a small, independent bipartisan agency, to make various changes, including to the federal #VoterRegistration form, but Morales-Doyle said the president can't tell that commission what to do.
"Requiring documentary proof of #citizenship would radically upend voter registration if such a mandate were to take effect.
"The order is explicit that applies to anyone who uses the federal voter registration form. What is less clear is if the order would also pressure states to require showing proof of citizenship with state registration forms, such as by #WithholdingFunds.
"The order only lists a limited number of ways to prove U.S. citizenship. The options given are a U.S. passport, an ID that complies with the #RealIDAct that shows citizenship or a military ID that shows citizenship. A fourth option is a valid government photo ID that 'indicates that the applicant is a United States citizen or if such identification is otherwise accompanied by proof of United States citizenship,' but does not say if a birth certificate would count."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order#TrumpIsABully #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DictatorInChief
Are #LiteracyTests Next? #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct -
Tell your friends: #Virginia has #SameDay #VoterRegistration.
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Tell your friends: #Virginia has #SameDay #VoterRegistration.
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Tell your friends: #Virginia has #SameDay #VoterRegistration.
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Tell your friends: #Virginia has #SameDay #VoterRegistration.
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Tell your friends: #Virginia has #SameDay #VoterRegistration.
