Federal judge rules #Trump can’t require #citizenship proof on the federal voting form

Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, sided with #Democratic & #CivilRights groups that sued the Trump admin over his executive order to overhaul US #elections.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-democrats-citizenship-034a4d552a978a8f647d95bd3cf38ac0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News

#Ohio #Republicans Push Through New Districts in Bid for More Seats in #Congress

Republicans hold 10 of the state’s 15 seats in the #House. The new map improves the party’s odds of picking up two more in next year’s midterm #elections.

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/ohio-redistricting-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

She ruled that the proof-of-citizenship directive is an #unconstitutional violation of the #SeparationOfPowers, dealing a blow to the #Trump admin & its allies who have claimed such a mandate is necessary to restore public confidence that only Americans are voting in #US #elections.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression

Federal judge rules #Trump can’t require #citizenship proof on the federal voting form

Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, sided with #Democratic & #CivilRights groups that sued the Trump admin over his executive order to overhaul US #elections.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-democrats-citizenship-034a4d552a978a8f647d95bd3cf38ac0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News

More than a dozen speakers excoriated both #Republicans & #Democrats for backroom dealing that produced a map they considered #rigged.

“You are like foxes guarding the hen houses & #Ohio voters continue to be the hens,” said Michael Ahern, who spoke to the commission on Thursday wearing a baseball cap bearing the first three words of the #Constitution, “We The People.”

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #midterms #Trump

The new map for #Ohio publicly emerged only late this week, when it was presented at a hastily called meeting of the state’s redistricting commission meeting on Thursday in Columbus. For weeks, the seven-member commission had taken no public action and it appeared that the task of redrawing the maps would end up back with the State Legislature, where #Republicans hold a super majority.

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms #Trump

The map was approved at a morning meeting of the state’s #redistricting commission, & will give #Republicans, who currently hold 10 of #Ohio’s 15 seats in #Congress, a total of 12 districts that lean red.

With Republicans in control of Congress by just a few seats, #Trump has been urging allies in state capitals to redraw congressional maps mid-cycle to try to stop #Democrats’ from flipping the #House regardless of how the people vote.

#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms

#Ohio #Republicans Push Through New Districts in Bid for More Seats in #Congress

Republicans hold 10 of the state’s 15 seats in the #House. The new map improves the party’s odds of picking up two more in next year’s midterm #elections.

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/ohio-redistricting-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

In Battle for #Congress, #Virginia #Democrats to Begin Votes to Redraw Maps

State lawmakers are convening to take a vote that would allow #redistricting before next year’s #midterms, though the process would take months.

#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #FireWithFire
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/virginia-redistricting-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Virginia lawmakers are expected to assemble on Monday to start a process that could redraw the state’s congressional districts for the 2026 #midterm #election.

Virginia is the latest state to plunge into the fight over control of #Congress, where #Republicans hold a tightrope-slim majority & launched a surprise effort this summer to shore up their control by pushing Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts ahead of schedule.

#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering

In Battle for #Congress, #Virginia #Democrats to Begin Votes to Redraw Maps

State lawmakers are convening to take a vote that would allow #redistricting before next year’s #midterms, though the process would take months.

#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #FireWithFire
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/virginia-redistricting-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The disclosure came as #Trump vowed in a social media post Monday to eliminate #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines such as those supplied by #Dominion & other companies. It was unclear how Trump could [legally] achieve that.

#law #defamation#ElectionLaw#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#VoterSuppression#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

Total moron

#Trump said on Monday that he would lead a movement to eliminate #MailinBallots & would sign an #ExecutiveOrder to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.” Trump has long opposed mail-in voting & said it was a source of fraud during the 2020 election, though his AG at that time said that his assertions of widespread fraud couldn’t be proven.

#law#ElectionLaw #access #seniors #military #students #disabled#VoterSuppression#BigLie #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/trump-mail-ballots-voting-machines-election.html?smid=url-share

The disclosure came as #Trump vowed in a social media post Monday to eliminate #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines such as those supplied by #Dominion & other companies. It was unclear how Trump could [legally] achieve that.

#law #defamation#ElectionLaw#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#VoterSuppression#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

Trump’s latest comments came after he said that President Vladimir #Putin of #Russia had discussed the issue during their summit on Friday in Alaska. #Trump said in an interview with FauxNews that the Russian leader had agreed with him that the 2020 election had been rigged in favor of Biden. “He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting,’” Trump quoted Putin as saying.

[cuz Russia is a model for free & fair elections 🤦🏼‍♀️]

#law#ElectionLaw#VoterSuppression#BigLie

“They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them,” Trump said. [whatever happened to the #StatesRights party?]

#law#ElectionLaw#Constitution #access #seniors #military #students #disabled#VoterSuppression#BigLie #idiocracy

#law#ElectionLaw #access#BigLie

On Truth Social on Monday, Trump posted: “THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!!”

[IOW if people #vote, he & his candidates lose]

#law#ElectionLaw #access #seniors #military #students #disabled#VoterSuppression#BigLie #idiocracy

Total moron

#Trump said on Monday that he would lead a movement to eliminate #MailinBallots & would sign an #ExecutiveOrder to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.” Trump has long opposed mail-in voting & said it was a source of fraud during the 2020 election, though his AG at that time said that his assertions of widespread fraud couldn’t be proven.

#law#ElectionLaw #access #seniors #military #students #disabled#VoterSuppression#BigLie #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/trump-mail-ballots-voting-machines-election.html?smid=url-share

NY Gov #KathyHochul: “I'm tired of fighting this fight w/ my hand tied behind my back. … #politics is a political process.…we’re sick & tired of being pushed around when other #states don’t have the same aspirations that we always have had. I hold those dear. But I cannot ignore that the playing field has changed dramatically. Shame on us if we ignore that fact & cling tight to the vestiges of the past. That era is over. Donald #Trump eliminated that forever.”

#law#ElectionLaw #gerrymandering