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Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Order Targeting Voting Rights
The ruling preserves an injunction against key provisions aimed at restricting mail-in voting.
Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.
AIPAC-Backed PAC Pours Millions Into Beating Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
To underwrite this costly effort, United Democracy Project is turning to Republican and out-of-state mega-donors.
Could a Talking Trash Can Defeat the UK’s Far Right Politician Nigel Farage?
If Farage fails, we’ll know the far right isn’t as durable as it seems.
DHS Chief Threatens to Imprison Election Officials Who Don’t Comply With Trump
A government watchdog indicated it would file legal challenges to the administration’s efforts to take over elections.
Trump’s Speech Attacks Election Integrity While Offering No Evidence of Fraud
“No country can be great without fair and honest elections,” Trump, himself notorious for lying, said in his speech.
Musk-Linked Lawyers Back Delaware Lawmakers Who Gutted Shareholder Protections
Law firms that lobbied for the Musk-backed “billionaires bill” are bankrolling the lawmakers facing primary challenges.
This SCOTUS Ruling May Make It Even Easier for Campaign Donors to Sway Elections
The court just struck down decades-old limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
Labor Leaders’ Disconnect From Workers on Palestine Is Showing Up in Elections
Union leadership’s fealty to the Democratic Party puts it on the losing side of NYC’s historic primary elections.
In the Wake of Supreme Court Rulings, Trump Purges Federal Election Agency
The move leaves the Election Assistance Commission unable to act as the president seeks to reshape voting rules.