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Updates on Challenge to Missouri SOS Invalidation of Redistricting Ballot Measure, and DOJ Loses Two More State Voter Data Cases

August 17, 2026August 17, 2026

A Missouri district court will hear a case September 8th challenging the state’s invalidation of a citizen ballot initiative rolling back a racially gerrymandered Kansas City congressional district. And the U.S. Justice Department lost two more cases demanding state voter data in Nevada and Michigan.

Let’s Just Say the Trump Administration’s Quest to Obtain State Voter Data Has Not Gone Well. DOJ is now 0 for 22, With 9 More Cases Pending.

August 11, 2026August 11, 2026

We’ve been reporting since last spring on attempts by the Trump administration to obtain state voter and personal data for the expanded SAVE Database. That effort included lawsuits against 30 states and DC for refusing. DOJ is 0-22 in those cases.

Trump’s DHS, Having Had SAVE Database Compliance Blocked by Courts, Reportedly Turns to Withholding State Election Security Funding

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

There’s another development in the deployment of the expanded, and notoriously inaccurate, SAVE database, repurposed to verify citizenship for voting purposes. The Trump administration, having lost multiple court challenges, is reportedly proposing to withhold state election security funding for noncompliance.

FBI Raids Ohio Group Promoting Voter Registration, Seeking Purported 2020 Fraud. Staff & Volunteers Questioned, Phones and Computers Seized.

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026

The FBI raided an Ohio civil rights group June 11th in an apparent effort to find evidence of fraudulent 2020 voter registration activity. Pro-democracy leaders around the country have condemned the action as intimidation.

California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped Up Fraud Accusations and U.S. DOJ Investigations

June 7, 2026June 7, 2026

It’s been a week since the California state primary, and election workers continue the methodical counting of mail-in ballots. In a now familiar pattern, after President Donald Trump complained of “big cheating” in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election fraud investigations on June 5th.

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Let’s Just Say the Trump Administration’s Quest to Obtain State Voter Data Has Not Gone Well. DOJ is now 0 for 22, With 9 More Cases Pending.

Trump’s DHS, Having Had SAVE Database Compliance Blocked by Courts, Reportedly Turns to Withholding State Election Security Funding

FBI Raids Ohio Group Promoting Voter Registration, Seeking Purported 2020 Fraud. Staff & Volunteers Questioned, Phones and Computers Seized.

California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped Up Fraud Accusations and U.S. DOJ Investigations