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@democracydocket.comMarc Elias has a prediction for the midterms:
“If Democrats win, it is 100% certain that Donald Trump will say they were not honest.”
Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: https://demdock.com/4yhBJbZ
@democracydocket.comNEW: “The core belief of the MAGA movement is we won the 2020 election,” Steve Bannon said on CBS' Sunday Morning News show. The interview is the latest evidence that Bannon and MAGA are committed to sowing as much chaos as needed to subvert democracy and disrupt the midterms.
@democracydocket.comNEW: DHS says it has “no plans” to buy more taxpayer-funded pro-Trump propaganda ads, but groups challenging the ads say that doesn’t cut it. They want a federal court to issue an immediate block on the ads.
@democracydocket.comA GOP-led purge of Democratic voters is underway in New Jersey — and voters are fighting back in court.
In one stark example, a Democratic voter received a “Gilmore Letter” questioning their eligibility to vote.
Their Republican spouse did not: https://demdock.com/4yCxbOh
@democracydocket.comNEW: “The core belief of the MAGA movement is we won the 2020 election,” Steve Bannon said on CBS' Sunday Morning News show. The interview is the latest evidence that Bannon and MAGA are committed to sowing as much chaos as needed to subvert democracy and disrupt the midterms.
@democracydocket.comNEW: DHS told a court it would stop buying taxpayer-funded ads for Trump after getting sued three separate times.
The administration is still fighting a court order to block the ads, and a hearing is set for Tuesday.
@democracydocket.com⚠️ In a blow to mail voters, a Wisconsin judge won’t let people who fear Postal Service delays cast provisional ballots. With USPS pickup and delivery slowing significantly nationwide, voters whose ballots arrive too late could be disenfranchised through no fault of their own ⬇️
@democracydocket.comNEW: This week a judge ruled that not only does DOJ have no right to state voter data, it also is barred from using data it's already received from states. Also, we obtained a trove of documents shedding light on how ICE is helping Trump hunt for noncitizen voters.
@democracydocket.comNew Hampshire consistently has one of the largest college student populations per capita in the country.
It also has some of the nation’s most restrictive voting laws — and students feel them most.
Here’s what makes the Granite State so hostile to student voters: https://demdock.com/4zKPjWz
@democracydocket.comIt’s one of the biggest questions looming over the midterms: Will ICE send agents to the polls?
Records ICE turned over get tantalizingly close to an answer — until that answer is ultimately redacted.
Here’s what we do know: https://demdock.com/3TOpzsI
@democracydocket.comTrump’s fixation on California isn’t just about mail-in voting, Marc Elias says.
“California represents perhaps the greatest existential threat to Donald Trump in the midterm elections.”
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@democracydocket.comNEW: Democrats may be changing how they vote because of Trump’s nonstop mail voting attacks. New data suggest they're requesting mail ballots at a lower rate and sending them in faster than in years past.
@democracydocket.com🏛️ After SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, Republicans launched an aggressive attack on Black voting power, write Carolyn Hugley and Lauren Groh-Wargo.
The backlash points to a simple, undeniable fact: The South is America’s new political battleground ➡️ https://demdock.com/4ztr9zG
@democracydocket.comNEW: The RNC is rushing to defend restrictive mail ballot rules in North Carolina.
The move comes after the state’s GOP-controlled election board took extraordinary steps to muscle the rules through in time for the midterms.
@democracydocket.comNEW: The GOP is suing election officials in a key Michigan city, claiming they’re appointing more Democrats than Republicans as election inspectors.
It's a sign that Republicans could seek to interfere with Michigan’s voting or counting process, as they did in 2020.
@democracydocket.comWHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK?
🏛️ DOJ was sued over plans to deploy election monitors for midterms
🗳️ Election deniers asked the Trump admin to regulate voting machines
🚨 Documents revealed ICE amassed millions of voter records
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@democracydocket.com🤔 New records show Missouri made Trump’s DOJ an unusual offer: an in-person look at its unredacted voter rolls. It's the clearest explanation yet for why Missouri escaped the wave of DOJ lawsuits against states that refused to hand over private voter data ⬇️
@democracydocket.comTrump isn’t good at keeping secrets, Marc Elias says.
“Donald Trump usually tells us exactly how he is going to try to subvert democracy.”
Your vote is a target. Keep watch: https://demdock.com/3TOn1e8
@democracydocket.com📬 ICYMI: Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block a pro-voting policy in Georgia — just days before early voting begins. The RNC wants to restrict how voters turn in their mail-in ballots. And they want to do it in a county that is a major Democratic stronghold ⬇️
