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All that and more is on the docket today. See you next week!
Andrew Wyrich, Newsletter Editor
New Jersey won’t give DOJ data on noncitizens erroneously registered to vote
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) said she has no plans to supply the DOJ with data on thousands of noncitizens who were erroneously registered to vote due to a software malfunction.
“We are not in the practice of turning over this kind of personally identifying data over to the federal government because we have seen them weaponize it, I’ve seen it personally,” Sherrill said. “They are working to weaponize personal data, and they don’t have a reputation for keeping it private either.”
Speaking of New Jersey… Here’s how Texas made a similar mistake as New Jersey — but Trump didn't care
In a new video, Marc breaks down what actually happened in New Jersey and a similar situation in Texas this April, and why neither is proof of the voter fraud conspiracy Republicans are pushing.
“The legacy media should be ashamed of themselves for giving oxygen to this, that’s suggesting somehow that what happened in New Jersey is proof of voter fraud. There was not voter fraud. ‘It’s proof of some sort of conspiracy.’ There was no conspiracy. And that somehow that the solution to this is to let Donald Trump take over the voter rolls.”
He adds: “That’s ultimately where this quickly went. This was quickly seized up by a Department of Justice that is 0-16 in lawsuits to gain access to the most sensitive personal voting information that states maintain — the voter files.”
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and one state voter, comes in response to “growing evidence” that ballots might not arrive in time to be counted even if voters send in their mail ballots one week before Election Day, the complaint said.
Alaska wrongly removed eligible voters from the rolls
Alaska recently removed thousands of people from its active voter lists after they were flagged as noncitizens. But a state news outlet found that some were in fact eligible to vote.
Voters removed from the active voter lists are typically sent a letter asking them to confirm their citizenship. But several voters told the Alaska Beacon that they had been unable to contact the state.
Trump DOJ appeals new round of voter roll losses, expanding crusade to 8 circuits
The department filed notices of appeal in Connecticut, New York and New Mexico, where federal judges dismissed DOJ lawsuits seeking unredacted statewide voter registration files and rejected its efforts to compel production of the records.
On Friday, the DOJ appealed to the 6th Circuit over its loss in Kentucky. Read more about that case here. It also appealed to the 4th Circuit over its loss in Virginia. Read more about that case here.
Still thinking about joining our community on Reddit? Here’s Marc’s explanation.
In a new video, Marc says the “best place” to build the Democracy Docket community that he’s “most excited about” is Reddit. “Yeah. Of all the platforms, it’s Reddit where you can go and join a community, a true community. Not algorithms. Real people, not bots. Really, it’s us. When I post there, it is me. And when you post comments, it is you. And we are talking about what is going on,” he says.
For example: It’s already sparked some important conversations from our readers. One subscriber asked whether Speaker Mike Johnson will refuse to certify Democratic victories in swing states. Our reporter Jim Saksa responded that it was “certainly something we will look out for” and provided more context.
New poll finds Trump’s SAVE America Act would disenfranchise lower-income and minority voters
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll found that 90% of respondents said they would be able to produce documentary proof of citizenship, a key requirement of Trump’s anti-voting bill.
The remaining registered voters who said producing documents would be difficult are still millions of people. Digging into the demographics, we see that low-income, young and Black voters would be hit hardest.
Trump DOJ voter roll losing streak reaches 17 cases
A Trump-appointed judge threw out the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Kentucky’s unredacted voter rolls, bringing the department to a staggering 17 straight losses.
Challenge to Trump’s anti-mail voting order moves forward
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting, calling key parts of the order “unconstitutional.” The order would let USPS refuse to deliver mail ballots unless states complied with new federal voter-list requirements.
New Hampshire’s strict proof-of-citizenship law remains blocked
A judge declined to pause her earlier ruling that blocked New Hampshire’s restrictive proof-of-citizenship voting law while the state appeals. The law would have required voters to present documents like a birth certificate or passport to register or vote, eliminating a sworn affidavit option many voters relied on for ballot access.
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