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605 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
MS bill HB 788 to allow an affidavit ballot to serve as voter registration in certain situations died in committee on 2026-03-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CAIR demanded a U.S. manufacturer stop sending electroshock weapons to Israel after an investigation published by The Guardian revealed their use in torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote, citing flawed data.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt its noncitizen voting investigation in nine states, citing data errors and intimidation of voter assistance groups.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A resolution accepting the certification of the examination of the initiative petition proposing the Oakland Living Wage For All Act Of 2026 minimum wage ballot measure, status in committee.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (oakland.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
A federal judge ruled that DHS's practice of knocking on doors and asking about immigration status and voting likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
MN HF 683: jurisdictions allowed to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices, electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature allowed, money appropriated; author Bierman added 2025-03-26.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
The Christian Science Monitor reports experts say President Trump's decision not to invite international election observers for the midterms could send a troubling message.
Source: Christian Science Monitor USA (csmonitor.com)
The Trump administration claims thousands of noncitizens are on California's rolls and is pressuring the state to disenfranchise them, offering scant details on how it drafted the list.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Rabbi Jill Jacobs says Israeli forces detained her in the occupied West Bank while she observed and supported the Palestinian olive harvest.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
A federal judge limited DHS field operations targeting alleged noncitizen voting in nine states in a Wednesday ruling.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Wedgewood Polls admitted it had made up its survey results; some candidates say the faked numbers killed their campaigns.
Source: Politico (politico.com)
The federal government detained and sought to deport students and academics over support for Palestine, and the Supreme Court could soon take up the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
Mehdi Hasan discusses AIPAC's role in the Michigan midterm race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers, and Trump's targeting of Ilhan Omar.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
A judge largely blocked D.H.S. homeland security agents from field interviews in nine states, including California, in an effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Nearly two in three U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in next month's midterm elections say their main motivation is to oppose President Trump, according to a Harvard Youth Poll.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Democratic groups sued the Trump administration, accusing it of using unfounded voter fraud claims and threats to pressure election officials.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court's conservative majority rulings have weakened democracy and undermined voting rights ahead of the midterms.
Source: TIME (time.com)
The Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter at Stuyvesant High School co-signed a social media post declaring 'Intifada Until Victory!', and the school faces backlash.
Source: Politico (politico.com)