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Democrats, election officials praise Supreme Court mail ballot ruling: ‘A rejection of Trump’s attacks’

Jun 29, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Democrats, state election chiefs and voting rights advocates cheered the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that lets states continue allowing grace periods for ballots mailed by Election Day. The 5-4 ruling was hailed as a major victory for voting rights, with the nation’s highest court ensuring that millions of voters won’t be disenfranchised just because their mail ballots arrive after Election Day.

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DOJ voter roll grab is now 0-11 as judge dismisses New Hampshire lawsuit

Jun 29, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

A Republican-appointed federal judge in New Hampshire dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit against the state, which refused the department’s demand to hand over an unredacted copy of its statewide voter registration list. The ruling Monday marks the 11th straight loss for the DOJ, which sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., in an unprecedented effort to obtain unredacted statewide voter registration lists that include sensitive personal data of every registered voter.

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Supreme Court mail ballot ruling spurs right-wing meltdown: ‘This is how our country dies’

Jun 29, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Republican officials and anti-voting activists are melting down after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws Monday that allow grace periods for ballots mailed by Election Day. The right responded to the ruling by stoking more fears about voter fraud and lamenting that the court had allowed “endless mail-in ballots.” It also used the decision to bolster an ongoing push for President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act — though the measure does not address the issue at stake in the case. Florida Gov.

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Far-right stokes fears of ‘nightmare’ Democratic midterm sweep to push for election takeover

Jun 25, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The lies: A nefarious plot to remove President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance from office. Assassinating MAGA supporters. Reshaping the United States into a complete communist country. Over the past week, prominent far-right figures and influential election deniers have escalated their rhetoric about what will happen if Democrats emerge victorious in this fall’s midterms.

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Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California

Jun 25, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| senate.gov

By Matt Cohen Senate Democrats called out the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday for reportedly taking a series of quiet steps to undermine federal voter protections this fall. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a blistering letter signed by more than 20 Democratic senators to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Monday demanding assurances that DOJ will adhere to the department’s longstanding policy of not interfering in elections.

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Republicans sue Michigan to make it easier to disrupt ballot counting and challenge voters in the midterms

Jun 24, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson (D) Tuesday to block protections that make it harder for partisan poll challengers to interrupt the state’s ballot-counting process. The lawsuit sends an ominous signal that the GOP will pull out all the stops to disrupt vote counting and challenge voters’ eligibility this fall. At issue is guidance on poll challengers issued by Benson in Oct. 2024, which was added to Michigan’s administrative rules in May 2026.

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These 19 election deniers and vote suppressors are on the ballot in the midterms. We should be worried

Jun 19, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

From Maine down to Texas, and from North Carolina out to Arizona — hundreds of Republican election deniers and vote suppressors will be on the ballot this fall. Many are running for pivotal state-level roles like governor or secretary of state that wield enormous power to undermine a fair election. Others are running for seats in the U.S. House or Senate, from which they could help drive anti-voting policies that threaten to disenfranchise millions of voters.

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States to get citizenship lists before voters can check for errors, new memo on Trump’s anti-voting order makes clear

Jun 18, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen , Yunior Rivas

| Democracy Docket

The first phase of President Donald Trump’s executive order to build a national voter list is expected to be implemented by June 30, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo. Alarmingly, the memo makes clear that state election officials are set to gain access to citizenship data weeks or months before voters have a way to check whether the federal government’s records about them are accurate.

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Rep. Mike Collins, Trump-endorsed election denier, clinches Georgia Senate nomination

Jun 16, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen , Brentin Mock

| Democracy Docket

Rep. Mike Collins (R), a vehement election denier and defender of the Jan. 6 riot, won a key Senate primary runoff election in Georgia Tuesday evening. The victory means Collins will face off against incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) in November in a critical race that will help determine which party will control the U.S. Senate. The GOP currently holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but if Democrats can gain just four seats in November, they will win control of the chamber.

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Court sanctions far-right lawyers over ‘frivolous’ bid to force Wisconsin out of ERIC

Jun 15, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

A federal court dismissed a far-right group’s lawsuit to ban Wisconsin from sharing voter information with a respected nonpartisan data-sharing network used by a majority of states to maintain accurate voter rolls. And it sanctioned the group for bringing a frivolous lawsuit.

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Tina Peters, fresh out of prison, tells far-right podcaster: ‘They’re stealing our elections’

Jun 10, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Less than two weeks after leaving prison, convicted election denier Tina Peters appeared on another far-right podcast where she continued to spread conspiracy theories about rigged voting. Peters, a former Colorado GOP election clerk who was convicted for her role in a 2021 voting system breach, appeared as a guest on the podcast of the conservative activist Steve Stern Wednesday where she ranted about getting rid of voting machines and said Democrats are stealing elections.

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Pamela Evette, a Trump-backed Republican, advances in South Carolina Governor primary

Jun 09, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) — who campaigned on sharply restricting voting and was endorsed by President Donald Trump — advanced Tuesday to a runoff election in the GOP primary for governor, moving one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee to lead the state. Evette will face South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R), a longtime conservative prosecutor and former chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association, in the runoff.

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JD Vance says California election ‘seems pretty shady,’ as GOP spreads more lies about vote counting

Jun 09, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Yet more top Republicans are joining the chorus of lies and conspiracy theories about California’s slow vote-counting. “They’re still receiving ballots and the way that they’re coming in just so happens to work out such that the Republican is getting kicked out of the final two so it’s a Democrat versus Democrat runoff,” Vice President JD Vance said on Fox News Monday.

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Dem senators ‘raise the alarm’ over DOJ pullback on voter protections

Jun 08, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Senate Democrats called out the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday for reportedly taking a series of quiet steps to undermine federal voter protections this fall. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a blistering letter signed by more than 20 Democratic senators to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Monday demanding assurances that DOJ will adhere to the department’s longstanding policy of not interfering in elections.

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Georgia election board hears pitch from anti-voting activist on dodgy voter fraud tool

Jun 05, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

A right-wing activist with ties to Cleta Mitchell pitched a controversial new program for hunting voter fraud to Georgia’s election board. Rick Richards, who created EagleAI — a voter roll database that has been found to use unreliable data to flag voters for removal — is back with a similar new program: ELLY. Richards gave a nearly hourlong presentation on ELLY to Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board Wednesday.

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Trump falsely claims Dems are ‘stealing’ California vote, pushes SAVE America Act

Jun 04, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

President Donald Trump Thursday falsely claimed that Democrats are “stealing” California’s primary election — and used the bogus assertion to continue pressuring lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act. “Look what’s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the Vote,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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Chad Bianco, election denier sheriff who seized ballots, set to lose California governor bid

Jun 04, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff who seized hundreds of thousands of ballots cast in California’s recent redistricting referendum, looks all but certain not to advance to the general election in the state’s race for governor. Although only 56% of the votes in California’s gubernatorial primary election were reported as of Thursday morning, Bianco is in a distant fourth place, with 580,389 votes — a little over half as many votes as the current third-place candidate, Democrat Tom Steyer.

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Election deniers spread lies about California’s slow vote counting: ‘Textbook election fraud’

Jun 03, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

It’s no surprise that California takes a long time to count votes, but the protracted tallying of ballots in Tuesday’s primary races is fueling conspiracy theories among election deniers. “In California, 40%-50% of the vote is counted after election night,” conservative influencer Benny Johnson wrote on social media Tuesday. “How can voters have faith in the outcome of elections that they don’t know the results of for weeks.

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Trump order targeting mail voting leaves judge ‘very concerned’

Jun 02, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

A federal judge in Massachusetts seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s executive order attacking mail-in voting, which, if allowed to stand, could have enormous consequences on the midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, expressed concern during a hearing Tuesday that the order poses a serious risk of unconstitutionally disenfranchising eligible voters, according to reporting by Reuters.

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Convicted election denier Tina Peters released from prison

Jun 01, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Tina Peters, the former Colorado GOP election clerk convicted for her role in a 2021 voting system breach, was released from prison Monday, after Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted her sentence last month. Peters was convicted in 2024 after prosecutors showed she facilitated unauthorized access to Mesa County voting equipment and helped expose sensitive system data, actions driven by false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.

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Georgia election board hires noted election denier for key investigative post

May 29, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Georgia’s GOP-led state election board recently hired a notorious election denier with a history of anti-voting activism to a key post that allows him to investigate election processes across the state. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported that Jason Frazier quietly started work as an investigator with the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) on May 14. Frazier has a long history of election controversy in the Peach State.

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Gavin Newsom signs bill, spurred by Chad Bianco, to block ballot seizures by law enforcement

May 28, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a new law Wednesday that bans anyone — including federal or local law enforcement — from unlawfully seizing ballots, voter rolls, or other election materials. The new law, signed six days before the state’s primary election, is a direct response to Riverside County Sheriff and GOP gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, who seized more than 650,000 ballots cast in California’s recent redistricting referendum.

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Non-citizen voting: Utah finds just 13 invalid ballots out of millions cast

May 28, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

After completing a year-long audit, Utah’s election chief said Wednesday that her office only found a tiny number of noncitizens on the state’s voter roll: Out of more than two million registered voters, only 27 were confirmed noncitizens. Of the 27 confirmed noncitizen voters found in the audit, only 13 of them voted in an election since 2018. Thirteen illegitimate voters in Utah’s past four general elections amount to .00025% of the roughly 5,156,392 votes cast in those elections.

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In blow to Trump, South Carolina lawmakers drop bid to pass gerrymander for midterms

May 26, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The South Carolina Senate abruptly adjourned its special redistricting session Tuesday without passing a redistricting bill — a setback for President Donald Trump’s campaign to rig the 2026 midterms. With the state legislature now in recess until June 10, the Republican effort to redraw the state’s congressional map to dismantle the state’s lone majority-Black district in time for the midterm elections is all but dead.

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Jared Polis said Tina Peters took responsibility for her crimes. Now she’s posting that Democrats ‘will try to destroy you’

May 22, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Election denier Tina Peters is expressing her gratitude to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) for his commutation last week of her prison sentence for her role in a voting system breach. “I thank Governor Polis for being willing to stand up in the middle of this persecution and do what he believed was right,” Peters, a former GOP election official and ally of President Donald Trump, said Friday via a social media account that is managed by her legal team.

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Tina Peters case: Colorado Democrats censure governor for commuting sentence of convicted election denier

May 21, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Colorado Democrats voted Wednesday to formally condemn and censure Gov. Jared Polis (D) over his decision to commute the sentence of Tina Peters, the former GOP election official convicted for her role in a voting system breach. Censuring means Polis won’t be welcomed to participate “as an honored guest, featured speaker, or officially recognized representative” at any events sponsored by his own state party.

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South Carolina redistricting: Lawmakers take next step to pass gerrymandered map as election looms

May 21, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Lawmakers in South Carolina’s state Senate took the next step late Wednesday to quickly pass a new gerrymandered congressional map that dismantles the state’s lone majority-Black district. In a 15-7 vote, the state Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a new congressional gerrymander, which carves up the state’s only Democratic district — long held by Rep. Jim Clyburn — to give Republicans a favorable chance to represent all seven of the state’s congressional seats.

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South Carolina redistricting: House rigs rules to quickly advance gerrymandered map

May 20, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The South Carolina House of Representatives advanced a new congressional gerrymander early Wednesday morning, paving the way for lawmakers to quickly redraw the state’s map to dismantle its lone majority-Black district days before early voting starts in the primary election. In a 74-36 vote, the House passed a new map during a special session that was called last week by Gov. Henry McMaster (R). The vote came after a marathon 14-hour session that started early Tuesday morning.

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Court bashes internal DOJ legal memo that Trump admin used to justify voter roll grab

May 19, 2026 |

By Maya Bodinson, Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appeared to hit another roadblock Tuesday in its unprecedented effort to obtain sensitive voter registration data from every state, as a panel of federal judges sounded deeply skeptical of the government’s argument for access to California and Oregon’s voter rolls.

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Trump baselessly claims Maryland ballot printing error was fraud, demands federal probe

May 19, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

President Donald Trump said he plans to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate an error that caused some Maryland primary election mail-in ballots to be sent to voters for the wrong party. He baselessly claimed the error was no mistake.

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South Carolina redistricting: Dems slam GOP colleagues amid rush to pass gerrymander

May 15, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

South Carolina lawmakers kicked off their special session Friday to redraw the state’s congressional district, with the explicit goal of dismantling its lone majority-Black district. What’s typically a months-long process that happens once a decade is now being rushed by the legislature in a matter of weeks, as South Carolina’s June 9 primary election rapidly approaches.

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South Carolina redistricting: Governor forces lawmakers back to session to eliminate lone majority-Black district

May 14, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Immediately after the South Carolina legislature ended their legislative session Thursday, Gov. Henry McMaster (R) called lawmakers back to redraw the state’s congressional map and eliminate its lone majority-Black district. It wasn’t a surprise: McMaster signaled Wednesday that he would be calling a special session for redistricting.

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Report: Trump White House helping build national voter list

May 14, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The Trump administration is quietly building a national voter database to help implement the president’s latest anti-voting order ahead of the midterm elections, despite its recent claims in court filings that it wouldn’t.

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Georgia counties to sue over new election law targeting Democratic areas

May 13, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Two Georgia counties plan to sue the state over a new bill that makes some elections nonpartisan in the Atlanta metropolitan area — a Democratic stronghold that spans five counties. The bill, HB369, was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and makes specific downballot races — like elections for district attorneys, board of education, county commissioners, and other local positions — nonpartisan in five Georgia counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett.

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Election denier wins GOP primary to be Nebraska’s election chief

May 13, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

An Omaha businessman who has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election and spread voting conspiracy theories won the Republican nomination Tuesday to be Nebraska’s next secretary of state. Scott Petersen defeated the incumbent, Secretary of State Bob Evnen (R) by a vote of 93,672-77,395. Should Petersen win the general election in November, as is likely in the Republican-leaning state, he would be one of the most extreme and right-wing chief election officials in the country.

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South Carolina redistricting: Lawmakers reject gerrymander in blow to Trump

May 12, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The South Carolina Senate quashed an effort Tuesday to redraw the state’s congressional maps to dismantle the state’s sole Democratic district, represented by longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn. The move is a strong rebuke of President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure southern states to quickly pass gerrymandered maps ahead of the midterms, after the Supreme Court gutted key Voting Rights Act protections that had long shielded Black voting power from racial gerrymandering.

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South Carolina moves to cancel June primary to allow for GOP gerrymander Original

May 08, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

South Carolina Republicans took the first step Friday to cancel the state’s June primary election — to give more time to potentially pass a new gerrymandered congressional map — as absentee voting is already underway.

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South Carolina clears first hurdle on path to gerrymander, eliminate Black district

May 06, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

South Carolina Republicans took a crucial step Wednesday toward redrawing the state’s congressional map in an effort that could dismantle the state’s lone Democratic district, long represented by Rep. Jim Clyburn.

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At debate, GOP sheriff accused of breaking law in seizing ballots

May 06, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The leading Democratic candidate in California’s gubernatorial race accused the Republican sheriff running for governor of breaking the law when he seized more than 650,000 ballots in last year’s redistricting referendum. The heated moment occurred during a televised CNN debate Tuesday night with Democratic and Republican candidates running to be California’s next governor.

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Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protest

May 05, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen , Yunior Rivas

| Democracy Docket

The lead plaintiff in the case that destroyed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has a history of promoting false election conspiracies and anti-voting policies, and was at the Stop the Steal protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before a deadly riot by pro-Trump insurrectionists. In the original complaint in the case that became Louisiana v.

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Court gives DHS conspiracy theorist access to 2020 election data

Apr 28, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that election officials in Lycoming County must hand over 2020 voting records to Heather Honey — an election conspiracy theorist currently serving in a leadership role at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The ruling is a key win for election deniers and anti-voting activists, who frequently seek access to raw election files in order to push false conspiracies about mass voter fraud.

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Virginia Supreme Court allows ruling blocking redistricting vote to stand — for now

Apr 28, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen , Matthew Kupfer

| Democracy Docket

In a blow to Democrats, the Supreme Court of Virginia has declined to pause a lower court ruling that blocks the State Board of Elections from certifying the results of last week’s statewide redistricting special election, as the justices weigh whether to nullify the vote for good. Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment implementing a new congressional map proposed by Democrats last week during a statewide special election.

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Act 5: Opening Day 1992

Apr 25, 2026 |

By Laura Van Pate, Trevor Alan Gomes, Matt Cohen

| The Montgomery County Sentinel

In the end, a perfect beginning The ballpark was far from finished. A month before Opening Day, whole sections didn’t have seats. From Eutaw Street to Home Plate Plaza, it seemed there was too much work, not enough time. Yet it all came together on a crisp, sunny day. The Orioles won. Rick Sutcliffe pitched a shutout. Fans were on their way home in two hours, two minutes.

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Hailed as an architectural gem, would Camden Yards buttress Baltimore’s downtown economy?

Apr 25, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| The Montgomery County Sentinel

A ballpark in downtown Baltimore was meant to secure the team — and also to extend the string of successful developments at the city’s core. Oriole Park at Camden Yards has been the model for other baseball stadium projects around the country. Camden Yards, which opened in 1992, brings in tens of millions of dollars in revenue for the Orioles every year, the Maryland Stadium Authority has said.

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Emails reveal DOJ officials planned to share voter rolls with DHS much earlier than they admitted

Apr 23, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen , Jim Saksa

| Democracy Docket

Internal emails between U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) personnel suggest that, from the very outset of the effort to obtain sensitive voter data from states — much earlier than previously known — officials there planned to share it with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The emails also suggest that, for months afterwards, at least one DOJ lawyer who appeared in court in several lawsuits over the data may not have been kept in the loop about the department’s plans for sharing it.

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Election deniers are already claiming Virginia’s redistricting vote was ‘RIGGED’

Apr 22, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Less than two hours after polls closed in Virginia for Tuesday’s special redistricting election, the Associated Press called the race: Voters approved the plan to counter President Donald Trump’s unprecedented mid-decade gerrymandering in other states. And right after the race was called, election deniers, anti-voting activists, MAGA faithful, and at least one Trump administration official began flooding the internet with claims that the election was rigged.

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

Apr 21, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Pro-voting groups sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday to block its bid to build a national voter database using private voter data from every state.

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Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties

Apr 20, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. Taken as a whole, the triple-strike suggests that the administration’s ongoing effort to undermine fair elections is focused especially on areas — all disproportionately non-white — that are set to play pivotal roles in upcoming contests.

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DOJ wants do-over for ‘legally deficient’ demand for state voter rolls

Apr 16, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking courts in 13 voter roll data lawsuits for a mulligan on its original demands for states’ voter roll data. The pleas for a re-do — derided by one state as a bid “to rescue their current, legally deficient demand” — come after a federal judge last week dismissed the department’s Massachusetts lawsuit ‚ the fourth loss DOJ has suffered, with zero wins.

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Louisiana sues key federal election agency to implement its anti-voting law

Apr 15, 2026 |

By Matt Cohen

| Democracy Docket

Louisiana sued a key federal election agency Tuesday for barring the southeastern state from implementing a restrictive law requiring residents to prove their citizenship to register to vote.

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