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DOJ Sues Six States over Voter Registration Lists, Citing Compliance with the Law
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by Jason Hopkins The Trump administration sued six different states on Thursday for allegedly failing to provide voter registration data upon demand. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits against California, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York for alleged failures to turn over statewide voter registration lists, according to a press release from the…
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Trump Admin Drops Voter Roll Lawsuit After Reaching Settlement with North Carolina
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by Jason Hopkins The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against North Carolina after successfully pushing state officials to clean up their voter rolls. Federal prosecutors settled with the North Carolina State Board of Elections after accusing state officials in May of failing to maintain a voter registration list compliant with federal laws, according to court…
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Key House Chairman Presses to Ban States from Counting Ballots That Arrive After Election Day
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by Charlotte Hazard House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., is planning to reintroducing legislation to reform U.S. election laws, including banning states from counting ballots that arrive after polls close on Election Day. “We’ll be reintroducing legislation in the weeks ahead, putting forward that gold standard for states about how you should be…
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Marc Elias Moves to Thwart Trump DOJ’s Litigation over Alleged Voter Inaccuracies
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by Fred Lucas Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias moved this week to intervene in a Trump Justice Department lawsuit filed last week against North Carolina for the state’s alleged inaccurate voter registration rolls. The Justice Department’s lawsuit alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter registration form that failed to require voters to provide identifying information such as…
