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Fulton County, Georgia Sues to Get Their Ballots Back, See the DOJ Affidavit Used to Convince the Judge to Issue a Search Warrant

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026

Fulton County, GA has filed a complaint against the Trump Department of Justice for having seized as many as 700 boxes of securely stored ballots and election records during an FBI raid on January 28th. They want their ballots back.

Without Comment, the U.S. Supreme Court Allows California Prop 50 Maps. What’s the Next Battle in the Gerrymandering Wars?

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

Without comment February 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from the California GOP to block the state’s Proposition 50 congressional redistricting as racially gerrymandered. What’s next in the Trump gerrymandering wars?

Updates on Two Pending U.S. Supreme Court Democracy Cases: California’s Prop 50 Redistricting, and Mississippi’s Mail Ballot Deadline

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026

We have updates on two important U.S. Supreme Court cases we’ve been following. Submitted briefs are complete in the GOP emergency challenge to California’s midterm congressional redistricting; and a March date has been set for oral arguments in Mississippi’s mail ballot deadline case.

In Stunning Statement, a U.S. President Suggests ‘Republicans Ought to Nationalize the Voting.’

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026

In a stunning phone interview February 2nd, President Donald Trump suggested Republicans should take over the voting in 15 states, though it’s not clear to which states the president was referring. The statement follows seizure of three truckloads of 2020 ballots last week in Georgia, fueling speculation that there may be an attempt to subvert the 2026 midterm election.

Court Opinion Blocking More of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Also Demands the Administration Follow Federal Citizen Data Privacy Statutes

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026

A section in President Trump’s March 2025 executive order on elections authorized what became a battle between states and the Department of Justice over access to voter data and election records. A January 30th court ruling put a shot across the Trump administration’s bow on strictly observing federal privacy statutes.