Denver and three civil rights groups sue to bar armed ICE agents from polling places and ballot drop boxes in November, citing a Civil War-era law.
Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s Trump-encouraged congressional map for November as the state’s high court holds its election chief in contempt for telling counties to use it.
Justice Department warns 29 states and DC of criminal sanctions if they destroy 2024 election records, after repeated court losses over demands for their voter data.
Trump proposes excluding roughly 16 million undocumented and temporary immigrants from the 2030 census count that allots House seats, reviving his first-term citizenship question.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court for the second time in 3 days to unblock a Social Security-linked voter database a judge ruled “trampled” citizens’ privacy.
Trump administration returns to the Supreme Court a third time in 6 weeks over its mail-ballot restrictions, filing on a Sunday 2 days after North Carolina began mailing ballots.
North Carolina’s Republican-led elections board votes party-line to toss more mail ballots over errors it previously let slide, the same morning counties begin mailing ballots.
Justice Department sends Nevada 7 FBI subpoenas for voter data after judges tossed its lawsuit demanding the same files, one of 23 rejected.
Federal judge extends block on Trump’s Postal Service mail-voting order, ruling states can’t “pivot this late,” the same day North Carolina mails its first ballots.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to unblock Postal Service mail-ballot rules that 23 states are fighting, one day before North Carolina begins mailing ballots.
Maryland Supreme Court lets voters decide 5-2 a constitutional amendment easing congressional redistricting, Democrats’ bid for all 8 House seats in answer to Trump’s Texas map push.
Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocks the Trump-backed congressional map for November, ruling it “has never been the law” until voters decide a 305,000-signature referendum.
ICE plans to pay up to $5 million to compile voter rolls and voting histories from all 50 states, after courts rejected DOJ’s demands for the same data.
Immigrant rights group CHIRLA sues Homeland Security to halt voter roll matching that claims 190,000 noncitizens registered in California, a figure it calls “almost certainly widely incorrect.”
Fort Worth’s Tarrant County commissioners cut 92 Election Day polling sites from 2022 levels on a 3-2 party line vote after 8 hours of mostly opposed testimony.
Postal Service whistleblower tells House Democrats the agency is secretly building a voter screening system, tested for 4 days, despite last week’s court block.
Wyoming’s Republican governor asks the state attorney general to investigate “aggressive” Justice Department election monitors who tried to inspect tabulators and interview voters during the primary.
Justice Department appeals a judge’s 14-day block on Postal Service rules letting it withhold mail ballots, one day after she found compliance “practically impossible” by November.
Maryland judge blocks the November redistricting ballot question, ruling Democrats missed their own July 1 certification deadline in the August special session.
24 states and DC sue to block the Postal Service mail-ballot rule 2 days after their Supreme Court loss, calling the required overhaul Herculean.
Judge lets Trump’s mail-ballot order proceed after Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, noting challengers have substantial arguments that could still reverse it.
ICE seeks a contractor to deliver voter registration and voting history files from all 50 states, citing fraud detection, 404 Media reports from procurement records.
Judge blocks Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule before the October 5 midterm deadline, won by 2 civic groups who sued the state.
La Crosse County prosecutor declines to charge Musk over his $1 million Wisconsin Supreme Court election offer, despite the elections commission finding probable cause.
Supreme Court lets Trump’s mail-ballot executive order proceed 6-3, lifting the block on a federal voter list and USPS delivery restrictions before the midterms.
USPS finalizes its rule refusing to deliver mail ballots from states that won’t share voter data with DHS, despite two injunctions blocking it.
Trump announces Stop the Steal advocate Ed Martin is leaving DOJ to fight legal battles in the midterm and 2028 elections.
Missouri judge rules citizens cannot force a referendum on the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, rejecting a petition signed by over 300,000 voters.
Trump votes by mail in Florida’s primary for the second time this year while calling mail voting cheating and ordering restrictions on it.
Voting rights coalition sues New Hampshire to restore school-issued IDs for registering and voting, arguing the repeal deliberately targets young voters.
Texas police arrest an activist for “tumultuous behavior” at 3 AM, a week after he said “bullshit” at a meeting over cutting polling places.
Nevada judge dismisses forgery charges against the state’s six 2020 fake electors a second time, ruling prosecutors failed to prove fraudulent intent.
Trump says “stranger things have happened” when asked about declaring a national emergency to impose voting restrictions the Senate refused to pass.
Judge expands to all 50 states her block on the Postal Service carrying out Trump’s mail voting limits, noting DOJ never defended the order’s constitutionality.
GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards quits his toss-up North Carolina race days after House Ethics recommended censure, leaving Republicans 3 months to find a nominee.
Maryland Gov. Moore, taking over the National Governors Association, says he is very concerned Trump will interfere in the midterm elections.
Federal judge permanently dismisses DOJ’s demand for New Jersey voters’ private data, the 17th district court to reject the administration’s requests.
New Jersey Gov. Sherrill refuses DOJ’s demand for personal data on 6,600 mistakenly registered noncitizens the administration has threatened to deport.
Appeals panel declines to block Trump’s mail voting order on procedural grounds one day after he asked the Supreme Court to revive it in a separate blocked case.
Trump asks the Supreme Court to revive his blocked mail-voting restrictions two days after an appeals court warned of mass disenfranchisement.
Acting intelligence director Pulte announces a fourth round of ODNI layoffs in five weeks while releasing declassified documents questioning 2020 voting technology.
Brazil denies visas to State Department officials who planned to cast doubt on its election system ahead of Lula’s October race against Jair Bolsonaro’s son.
Appeals court blocks Trump’s order directing the Postal Service to refuse mail ballots to voters missing from federal citizenship lists, keeping it out of November’s elections.
California rejected nearly 150,000 primary mail ballots, most for lateness voting experts link to Postal Service processing changes that shift where and when postmarks apply.
Alaska deactivates up to 3,500 voters as possible noncitizens off old DMV data, sweeping in naturalized citizens, a 700% jump from last year’s flagged total.
25 states sue DHS for withholding 20% of terrorism-preparedness grants until states adopt Trump’s preferred election rules, calling the $148 million condition unconstitutional.
Federal judges let Tennessee’s map splitting majority-Black Memphis into three districts stand for August, ruling partisan motive explains the dilution without proof of racial intent.
House passes a ban on lawmakers buying stocks that lets them keep existing shares, the second bill today carrying Trump’s voter ID demand.
House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill over Democratic objections to the Iran war, tying it to Trump’s stalled voter ID legislation.
New Jersey Gov. Sherrill discloses a software glitch registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote, with about 400 casting ballots, as she disputes Trump’s larger claims.
