Showing posts with label right to vote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label right to vote. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Judge blocks Trump admin’s database of Americans’ Social Security numbers and citizenship status - POLITICO

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from creating a database of millions of Americans’ private information — including Social Security numbers and citizenship status — saying the administration has fed knowingly inaccurate data to states that are now “actively” and “haphazardly” purging purported non-citizens from voter rolls.

“The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote in a 75-page ruling. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/22/americans-private-information-database-ruling-00969935


 

Monday, August 29, 2022

‘The US could lose the right to vote within months’: Top official warns on threat to democracy

"What we can expect from the extreme Republicans running across this country is to undermine free and fair elections for the American people, strip Americans of the right to vote, refuse to address security breaches and, unfortunately, be more beholden to Mar-a-Lago than the American people," Griswold, 37, said in an interview with the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/27/jena-griswold-colorado-elections-secretary-of-state-democracy


Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Opinion | Independent state legislature theory could erode voting rights - The Washington Post

The Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority would complete a nasty bait-and-switch by neutering state courts when it comes to elections: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in a 5-to-4 decision three years ago that federal courts could do nothing to prevent the same sort of extreme gerrymander. But never fear, he insisted, state courts could step in to protect citizens' rights. Now, it seems he and his colleagues on the right, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett a possible swing vote, are poised to go back on that promise...









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