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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 168
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

Trump calls on divided GOP to pass SAVE America Act ‘at the expense of everything else’ Trump suggested the SAVE America Act includes a number of provisions that are not in the proposal.

If you care about free and fair election this November, this is the most important story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Paxton offers to drop Senate bid if Republicans pass SAVE America Act The message quickly drew praise from online far-right activists.

🚨BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is publicly offering to abandon his U.S. Senate campaign if Senate Republicans agree to change the filibuster rules and pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping anti-voting bill. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Key Trump ally behind emergency elections order reveals loony conspiracy theory motivating his effort Peter Ticktin said the Trump should sign an executive order to take over voting machines, because machines in Antrim County, Michigan flipped votes from Trump to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

NEW: A conservative attorney said to be coordinating with the White House to push Donald Trump to take control of elections via executive order cited a bizarre 2020 conspiracy theory involving Michigan voting machines as the emergency that justifies the scheme.

Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her Mullin’s potential ascension will have significant implications for future U.S. elections.

🚨BREAKING: After her disastrous hearings before Congress this week, President Donald Trump announced that he would replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R) at the end of the month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Despite weeks of confusion, Virginians will begin voting on redistricting referendum Friday Everything you need to know.

Starting Friday, Virginians will head to the polls for the first day of early voting on a redistricting referendum. If passed, it could send a blue wave through the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Obama calls on Virginians to vote for redistricting in special election “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat,” Obama said.

🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 168
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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Trump's war on elections is hiding in plain sight False claims that foreign government interference caused him to lose in 2020 have been a staple of the diet of lies Trump feeds to his faithful.

Donald Trump is seeking to collect massive amounts of information — including personal and partisan voter data — at an unprecedented scale. He is trying to pressure AI companies into allowing unrestricted use of their powerful tools against American citizens. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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Idaho is latest red state to reject DOJ voter roll grab The refusal places Idaho alongside a growing number of red states pushing back against the department’s campaign.

Idaho — a deeply Republican state — has become the latest to refuse the Trump Justice Department’s demand for unredacted statewide voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for voters to counter GOP gerrymanders The decision restores the referendum and allows election preparations to move forward immediately.

Good news!

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, for the second time, that voters can decide whether the state can redraw its congressional map — clearing the way for a referendum that, if successful, could help counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Epstein Files “The American people want answers on the Epstein files, and so do we,” Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who introduced the motion to subpoena Bondi, said.

🚨BREAKING: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her role in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) incomplete release of its files on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨Republican National Committee v. Koski Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Virginia Supreme Court halts trial court order blocking preparations for congressional redistricting referendum. The special election will move forward with early voting beginning on Mar. 6.

A defeat for the GOP and victory for Virginia voters
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In ominous sign, Texas Republicans changed voting rules, then blocked efforts to protect voters “We can’t let a small group of conspiracy theorists set the rules for Texas voters anymore."

Texans in two counties struggled to find their polling locations for primary voting Tuesday after a GOP-driven change. The secretary of state’s office failed to provide accurate information. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ attempts to evade state ethics oversight of its attorneys Legal groups swiftly denounced the department's latest attempt to avoid oversight.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to short-circuit state bar ethics investigations into department attorneys through a new and unexpected proposed rule. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid precinct voting switch Early voting had been countywide and saw record Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

🚨BREAKING: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas scrambled to find their polling places Tuesday after the local Republican parties refused to hold a joint primary — ending more than a decade of convenient countywide voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal election panel lawyer said to brief Cleta Mitchell’s group as it pushed proof of citizenship At the time, EIN and other anti-voting groups were mobilizing their followers to pressure the EAC to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form.

🚨BREAKING: A lawyer for a key federal voting agency was scheduled to brief a top anti-voting group last fall while it was pressuring the agency to require proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Exclusive: Trump DOJ targeting overseas voters over registration info Emails show a meeting between DOJ and California to discuss the issue was scheduled for last week.

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is quietly pressing California to tighten voter registration verification for military and overseas voters — part of what it calls a “nationwide … enforcement program.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump’s War with Iran | The Plot To Rig The 2026 Midterms YouTube video by Democracy Docket

NEW EPISODE: The midterms are the greatest threat to Trump's power -- and he knows it. In this episode, I expose Trump's three-pronged plot to protect his majority: False claims of foreign election interference, DOJ's push for voter data, and a leaked executive order. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-SE...

In sudden reversal, Trump DOJ moves to revive retaliation cases against law firms All four firms swiftly opposed the Trump admin’s sudden reversal, urging the appeals court to reject the government’s attempt to withdraw its voluntary dismissal.

🚨BREAKING: After abandoning its defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department abruptly reversed itself Tuesday and asked a federal court to let it continue defending the retaliatory orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

As Iran War escalates, Trump and allies focus on pushing SAVE America Act While bombs fall on U.S. bases, Trump is posting about the SAVE America Act.

NEW: President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are not letting a shooting war in the Middle East distract them from their social media campaign for passage of the SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Here is what the team at Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 167
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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