Court rules Virginia’s redistricting referendum can proceed

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DOJ asks 6th Circuit for speedy review of legal bid to gain access to Michigan's voter rolls

The Department of Justice asked the appellate court to weigh in well ahead of the midterms, potentially setting itself up for an appeal to SCOTUS.
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Report: DOJ drops defense of Trump orders targeting prominent law firms

In a win for the rule of law, the DOJ dropped its efforts to appeal lower court rulings that found President Donald Trump’s executive orders sanctioning four big law firms were unlawful.
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Court rules Virginia Democratic lawmakers’ special election on redistricting can proceed

This win will allow voters to decide on mid-decade redistricting to counter GOP gerrymandering. Virginians can begin voting on the measure this Friday, March 6.
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Right-wing bid to turn NVRA into a tool for voter purges dealt major setback by SCOTUS

SCOTUS rejected hearing two lawsuits brought by PILF, a prominent anti-voting advocacy group.
One of the cases attempted to reinterpret aspects of a federal law designed to expand voting access into a mandate for aggressive voter purges.
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Trump ties Iran strikes to claims that Tehran interfered in U.S. elections

When other presidents would be in the situation room, Trump was at Mar-a-Lago and took to social media to link the Iranian bombardment to the Big Lie.
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RNC sues Bergen County, New Jersey election board

The lawsuit is over access to records identifying which poll workers were assigned to early voting sites in the county during the 2025 general election.
It comes as threats and harassment against election officials increase.
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Wisconsin Democrats and Republicans alike are not showing much enthusiasm for joining the nationwide redistricting fight.
The DOJ filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump administration from misusing voter information recently seized by the FBI in Fulton County.