As Virginia votes on Dems’ redistricting plan, Trump warns of ‘disaster’ for GOP

The polls close in an hour. Stay tuned to Democracy Docket for the latest on the Virginia redistricting special election. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Tuesday, April 21

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A year after igniting a national redistricting arms race by pressuring Texas to redraw its congressional map, President Donald Trump warned that if voters pass Virginia Democrats’ "unjust" redistricting plan today, it would be a “disaster" for Republicans.
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Steve Bannon also warned that “demonic” Democrats will impeach Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide if they win today.
Tonight Democracy Docket will cover results and anything else you need to know after polls close. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, or at democracydocket.com.

New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab

Pro-voting groups sued the DOJ to stop it from building a national voter database using private voter data from every state. They called the effort a bid "to take over elections from states and subvert the...midterms" and a threat to Americans' voting rights.
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Today the DOJ also falsely told a federal court it doesn't want voter data in order to purge rolls.

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A dozen red states want to help defend Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order

The GOP-led states argued they have a stronger interest in defending provisions that would create federal voting lists and limit who USPS could send ballots to because those directives would "provide valuable resources to the States."
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Here we share noteworthy briefs on all things voting rights and democracy. Have a footnote for us? Send it to news@democracydocket.com.

The DOJ is charging The Southern Poverty Law Center with financial misconduct. Unfortunately, no surprise there: The White House has previously threatened to “destroy” progressive groups.
A Texas Democrat was removed from the voter rolls… for being mistakenly identified as dead. He has spent decades voting in every election.