Trump DOJ loses in Maine, Wisconsin as courts rebuff demand for voter rolls

• Federal judges handed the Department of Justice (DOJ) a pair of losses in its nationwide quest for unfettered access to state voter registration rolls, ruling the federal government had no right to demand records from Maine and Wisconsin.
  
  
• Today’s dismissals bring the DOJ’s record to 0-8 out of 31 lawsuits it brought against states and Washington, D.C.
  
  
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In Maricopa County, election-denier official stirs chaos ahead of July primary

• A lawyer from America First Legal is accusing election officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, of committing “serious felonies” for passing a resolution on drop box locations for an upcoming primary election.
  
  

• The threat was sent on behalf of the county’s Recorder Justin Heap – a notorious election denier – and is just the latest in a long-simmering feud about election administration duties between county officials.
  
  

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

• The state’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a new congressional gerrymander late Wednesday that would carve up the state’s only Democratic district, long held by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D). The new map will need just a simple majority to pass in the state Senate.
  
  

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Vermont Supreme Court affirms dismissal of anti-voting lawsuit

• The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an anti-voting lawsuit challenging a law that allows noncitizens to vote in the City of Burlington's school board and budget elections.  
  
  
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Tina Peters case: Colorado Democrats censure governor for commuting sentence of convicted election denier

• Colorado Democrats voted to formally 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.
  
  
• Polis faced widespread condemnation last week when he announced that he was cutting Peters’ sentence in half. Now, Polis is being castigated by his own state party.
  
  
• How his own party reacted >>>

Congress defeated Southern resistance to the Voting Rights Act once; it can do it again

• “Voters today must demand representatives who will once again restore voting rights and rein in an antidemocratic Court,” writes Billy Corriher, the state courts manager for People’s Parity Project Action.
  
  
• Can Congress be part of the solution? >>>

Supreme Court only applies made-up rule when it helps Republicans

• Marc breaks down the contradictory nature of the Supreme Court when it comes to using the Purcell principle and what this means for the redistricting fight ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
  
  
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Coming up tomorrow

• In Alabama, a federal court will hear Black voters' request to block the use of a congressional district map drawn in 2023 that includes just one majority-Black district.