New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever

• Republican lawmakers unveiled the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history. The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID requirements, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
  
  
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Democracy Docket reporter Matt Cohen was at the National Association of Secretaries of State conference today and posted live updates on social media …

Gabbard’s role in Fulton raid highlights wild conspiracy theories fueling 2020 probe

• Yesterday, the FBI raided Fulton County, Georgia’s central election hub, looking for materials to fuel President Donald Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy theories.
  
  

• But lurking in the shadows was Gabbard — a presence that suggests Trump is set to argue foreign interference caused his loss in Georgia.
  
  

• Meanwhile, two top Democrats on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners argued the FBI lacked the authority to raid the county’s central election hub.
  
  

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Legal experts agree, saying the raid may have been illegal and raises fears for 2026

• Election law experts are questioning the legality of the FBI’s unprecedented seizure of the ballots. There is widespread doubt the records will produce any evidence of prosecutable criminal activity. But, the experts warn, 2020 isn’t the investigation’s real target – 2026 is.
  
  
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Shocker: Michigan review debunks GOP’s latest noncitizen voting conspiracy

• In a blow to Republicans’ rhetoric of widespread noncitizen voting in Macomb County, Michigan, state election officials found that the allegations were exaggerated and based on misinterpreted data — results that discredit claims that noncitizens were actively voting.
  
  
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California asks Supreme Court to reject GOP map challenge

• California urged SCOTUS to reject Republican efforts to block the state’s voter-approved congressional map, arguing that its elections are already underway and that stopping California now — after allowing Texas’ GOP gerrymander to proceed — would disrupt active campaigns and hand one party an unfair advantage.
  
  
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Leading election denier claimed DHS ‘wants to partner with us’ on voter roll checks. Now he’s a top official there

• New comments show True the Vote co-founder Gregg Phillips claimed DHS "wants to partner with us" to transform a federal immigration database into a “voter verification” tool. The statements underscore serious concerns about whether other right-wing groups have access to government databases.
  
  
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North Carolina weighs investigating ‘presumptive noncitizens’ in latest attack on voting

• In an alarming development, North Carolina’s GOP-led election board is considering a plan to label certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens,” potentially purging them from the rolls. It's the latest move in an effort to politicize voter list maintenance and undermine election confidence.
  
  
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Minnesota secretary of state, other Dems preparing for Trump to interfere in the midterms

• Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is preparing for an increasingly concerning scenario for the midterms: Election interference. He talked to Democracy Docket about his game plan, the recent ICE killings and Bondi’s blackmail attempt for the state’s voter data.
  
  
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Plus, Democratic senators accuse Trump DOJ of ‘apparent ransom’ in push to seize state voter rolls

• Senate Democrats, led by Padilla and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), accused the DOJ of running an unlawful pressure campaign to centralize voter registration data nationwide, despite recent court losses and no congressional authorization.
  
  
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