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Indiana is the Latest State to Consider Trump’s Mid-Decade GOP Gerrymandering Scheme, Kansas Edges Closer

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025

October 27th Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed a proclamation calling the state’s legislature into special session on November 3rd to consider congressional redistricting and a tax code issue. This follows weeks of lobbying by Trump administration officials, worried that the GOP may lose control of the U.S. House.

Trump DOJ Says It Will Monitor Elections Nov. 4th in Five California Counties. Many Fear It’s a Voter Intimidation Tactic.

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

The Trump Department of Justice announced October 24th it would deploy election monitors at five California counties on November 4th. DOJ says it is to ensure transparency & ballot security, but most of the counties are heavily Latino, competitive or lean liberal, and the Proposition 50 redistricting question is on the ballot.

NC Legislature Approves Gerrymander to Add Another GOP Congressional Seat, But Dilutes Black Voting Power in the Process

October 23, 2025October 24, 2025

The North Carolina legislature passed a new gerrymandered congressional map October 22nd, likely adding a GOP congressional seat to offset expected 2026 midterm losses in the U.S. House. Legislators diluted Black voting power to do it, but say it was for partisan reasons.

Lawyer Advising Trump During January 6th Appointed to Rehash the President’s 2020 Election Fraud Claims

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

A lawyer who had multiple phone calls with President Donald Trump the day of the January 6th insurrection has been appointed by the President to investigate debunked allegations that widespread fraud changed the outcome of the 2020 election. He has 130 days as a “special government employee” to complete his assignment.

Election Officials Urge Immediate Fixes to New Texas Voter Registration System, Part of the State’s Effort to Replace ERIC

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

In 2023, under pressure from election conspiracy activists, Texas and nine other red states left the multi-state cooperative called ERIC. which helped keep state voter rolls clean. Two years later, local election officials are asking Texas state election officials for immediate fixes to its reportedly erratic home-grown voter registration system, called TEAM.