Virginia Democrats Push for DOJ Investigation After Voters Were Wrongfully Removed
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Virginia Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the state’s elections department after the administration announced last week that it had mistakenly removed eligible voters from voter rolls after incorrectly listing them as convicted felons.…
This Supreme Court Case Could Decide Control of Congress in 2024
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a case that could help decide which party controls the House of…
The Supreme Court Just Rejected Alabama’s Attempt to Deny Representation to Black Voters. Again.
Alabama state Sen. Rodger Smitherman discusses a redistricting proposal during debate at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on July 19, 2023. Kim Chandler/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s attempt to avoid drawing a second majority-Black congressional district…
Trump Really, Really Doesn’t Want More People to Vote in Pennsylvania
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an era of mounting threats to free and fair elections ginned up by Republicans, voting rights experts agree that automatic voter registration is one of the best ways to expand access to the ballot. So when…
North Carolina Republicans Just Passed a Massive Power Grab to Seize Control of Elections
Emory Jones walks past a sign for a polling place on November 8, 2022 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States.Sean Rayford/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.North Carolina Republicans on Friday passed a major power grab, stripping the state’s Democratic governor of the authority…
New Report: One-Third of States Have an Election Denier Overseeing Elections
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 2022 midterm elections were in many ways a referendum on the future of American democracy, and in key states candidates who spread lies about the 2020 election and could have used their power to overturn…