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U.S. DOJ Sues MA, CO, HI and NV to Turn Over Voter Registration Files, but Even Red States are Pushing Back

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department filed suits December 12th to compel Massachusetts, Colorado, Hawaii and Nevada to turn over voter registration records, including citizenship records and personal data. Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington were sued December 2nd, bringing the total to 18.

New Federal Policy Bans League of Women Voters and Other Pro-Voter Groups from Registering New Americans at Naturalization Ceremonies

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

The League of Women Voters reports that for decades, over 100 local League affiliates assisted new citizens with registering to vote immediately following their naturalization ceremony. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services just prohibited the League and other pro-voter groups from providing this service to new Americans.

If You Were an Irish Catholic Immigrant in the 1850s, the Xenophobic ‘Know Nothing’ Party Tried to Suppress Your Vote

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

If you were an Irish Catholic immigrant in the1840s through the 1920s, many of your Protestant fellow Americans, some of whom joined the xenophobic Know Nothing Party, tried to suppress your vote.

Research Shows Trump’s Debate Claim of Widespread Voting by Noncitizens is Nonsense

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

In the Sept. 10 Trump-Harris Presidential debate, former President Trump made claims that Democrats encouraged illegal immigration so that noncitizens would vote and support their candidates. A similar claim was made by Senator Ted Cruz in the Republican National Convention. Here is the report we filed in July.