One Month From Election Day, Helene Has Snarled the North Carolina Voting Process
MelissSue Gerrits/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There are battleground states, and then there’s North Carolina. Former President Donald Trump won the state by 1.3 percent in 2020, his lowest margin of victory in any state, and polls now show Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris within just…
Democrats File New Lawsuit Against MAGA Georgia Election Board
Georgia’s State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the state capitol, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Democrats filed a lawsuit on Monday against a new rule passed by the pro-Trump majority on…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Alabama Voter Suppression Law
Matt Slocum/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in requesting and filling absentee ballots—was an…
MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump
An attendee holds a sign that says “This Meeting is Illegal” during a hastily planned Georgia State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta on July 12, 2024.Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Less than two months before the election,…
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
An election worker examines a ballot during vote counting in the 2020 election at State Farm Arena, in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is no stranger to voter suppression in Georgia and she sees…
The Trump Plan to Prosecute Election Officials and Suppress the Vote
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump has been very clear about his intentions if he returns to power: He will take revenge on everyone who, he believes, stood in his way during the 2024 election. “WHEN…