US Democracy Tracker

GOP-led states push SAVE Act models to curb noncitizen voting, but evidence shows risks outweigh benefits:

• Rare fraud: Kansas SAVE checks found just...

Rare Practice Accelerates: Federal government filed just 23 uninvited cert-stage amicus briefs since 1995, but Trump admin submitted 5 in 13 months...

Five ways 2026 flips constrain Trump – from investigations, blocking partisan bills, slowing nominees, state resistance, to bolstering 2028 election...

Racial turnout gap surges post-Shelby v. Holder (2013), costing 14M Black votes in 2022 midterms alone—widest in formerly VRA-covered areas.

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Key Democratic midterm strategy:

• Launched anti-corruption task force Wednesday to overhaul ethics rules and protect ballot access, led by Rep. Joe...

Federal voting protections weakening: Shelby v. Holder gutted VRA; SAVE Act and SCOTUS threats loom. States must fill the gap.

• RI proposal: Rhode...

Key court win: US District Judge Richard Young struck down Indiana's 2025 GOP law banning college student IDs for voting—valid for nearly 20...

Trend alert: Republicans are quietly killing state voting protections amid federal VRA erosion.

• Senate GOP defeats Duplessis' Louisiana Voting...

Idaho voters: Personalized sample ballots now at VoteIdaho.gov to review your races and measures.

• Party affiliation sets your primary ballot
• Key...

New House task force channels demands for cleaner government:

• Led by Chair Morelle and Co-Chairs Ramirez, Mullin, Williams (all Dems), with 29 other...

• Dem windfall potential: Voters could swap current 6-5 Democratic edge map for one favoring 10-1 Dems, flipping 4 GOP seats to Leans D.
• National...

• Market odds on Louisiana v. Callais decision: 30% before May 1, 70% before June 1, 2026.
• Case challenges Louisiana's second majority-Black...

• Election day context: Lower absentee turnout than prior years amid Trump-backed federal voting restrictions, but no WI changes.
• Outcome: Liberal...

From VRA triumph to today's battles, NAACP has driven ballot access:

• Pioneered civil rights wins like Civil Rights Act and VRA (1965), registering...

• 5-2 ruling upholds injunction on 2023 law (SB 458) defining sex as male/female for state records like birth certificates.
• Transgender...

• Ballot petitions now face challenges: candidates await rulings on signature defects via courts.
• Rep. Tenney & RITE accuse state BOE of HAVA...

• Mail Voting Order: March 31 executive action mandates ballots only for approved lists, creates national voter database, faces lawsuits from...

Key suppression effects of the Trump-backed SAVE Act:

• Disenfranchises millions needing passports or birth certificates in person for...

Colorado's HB26-1113 advances to Senate Appropriations after party-line votes, aiming to secure mail ballots while expanding access:

• Key changes:...

• Unanimous vote: Florida Supreme Court selects John D. Couriel as next chief justice.
• DeSantis appointee: Joined court in 2020; congratulated by...