Washington Policy Tracker

Nine Democratic governors are urging USPS to drop a proposed mail-ballot rule linked to Trump's blocked election executive order, framing it as...

State Voting Rights Legislation

• 🔥 New Jersey Voting Protections: Gov. Sherrill signed the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act into law,...

Courts and Democratic governors are mounting coordinated resistance to federal efforts limiting mail voting.

• The Supreme Court upheld state rules...

Dozens of lawsuits test federal power over elections as Trump pushes greater control.

• Mail voting: Courts blocked USPS changes and an executive...

The Supreme Court blocked Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling, upholding 14th Amendment protections. Justice...

The national narrative frames the Voting Rights Act as abandoned by the country, not failed on its own terms, after Shelby County and recent rulings...

Supreme Court Blocks Birthright Citizenship Order

• 🔥 Fight Moves to Congress: The Supreme Court blocked Trump's executive order on birthright...

National trends in weakened Voting Rights Act protections and voter ID pushes are creating uneven access that local officials must navigate.

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Federal officers visited poll worker Paigelynne Gonyea at a Syracuse voting site during New York’s primaries to warn her about a January social media...

The Supreme Court blocked Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, affirming that children born in the US to parents unlawfully or...

Federal Court Victories Blocking Election EO

• 🔥 Massachusetts AG Campbell Secures Ruling: AG Campbell secured a U.S. District Court victory...

Local advocates in both states flag changes that limit voter impact on outcomes.

• California leaders warn of federal efforts to suppress minority...

A multifaith coalition is mobilizing against a proposed USPS rule that would sharply restrict mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms.

• The rule,...

The battle over voting access is moving decisively to state legislatures.

• California advances SB 1164 and SB 1360 to block discrimination and expand...

• Michigan AG Nessel and Massachusetts AG Campbell co-led a 24-state coalition that won a federal court ruling striking down Trump's March 2026...

Judicial Blocks on Federal Voter Verification Efforts

• 🔥 SAVE Database Blocked: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using the...

Senators Padilla and Ossoff reintroduced the Right to Vote Act to create the first statutory federal right to vote, enabling citizens to sue over...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's overhaul of the SAVE database, limiting federal access to state voter rolls for citizenship...

State attorneys general and federal judges have mounted coordinated challenges to President Trump's March 2025 executive order on election rules.

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Trump's refusal to sign the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act until Congress passes the SAVE America Act illustrates legislative...