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Republicans and Elon Musk Are Also Causing a Constitutional Crisis in the States

Republicans and Elon Musk Are Also Causing a Constitutional Crisis in the States

On February 20, a dark money group funded by Elon Musk began running ads attacking progressive judge Susan Crawford, who is running in a Wisconsin...

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Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Not content with spending more than a quarter of a billion dollars to elect Donald Trump and Republican candidates in 2024 and then taking a wrecking...

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Trump Is Gutting Efforts to Combat Foreign Election Interference

Trump Is Gutting Efforts to Combat Foreign Election Interference

The Trump Administration is gutting the federal agency in charge of combatting foreign election interference, increasing the likelihood that foreign...

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Democrats Have a Plan to Counter Trump at the State Level

Democrats Have a Plan to Counter Trump at the State Level

At a time when Republicans control all levers of power in Washington and national Democrats are struggling to respond to Donald Trump’s increasingly...

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North Carolina’s Republican Justices Signal Support for Overturning Democratic Judge’s Election

In early January, the Republican majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state board of election from certifying the victory of...

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Republicans on North Carolina Supreme Court Block Certification of Democratic Justice’s Victory

North Carolina state Democratic Party chair Anderson Clayton, left, speaks at a news conference about the pending election for a state Supreme...

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A North Carolina Judge Won Two Recounts. Republicans Are Still Trying to Overturn Her Election.

Allison Riggs speaks at a primary election night party in Raleigh on March 5, 2024. Karl B DeBlaker/AP After trailing by more than 10,000 votes on...

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Democrats Need to Stop Defending a Broken Democratic System

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Hours before the results started coming in on November 5, when Democrats were still full of hope, the exit polls...

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The North Carolina GOP Snuck an Outrageous Antidemocratic Power Grab Into a Hurricane Relief Bill

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) speaks alongside Republican Party Chair Jason Simmons Gary D. Robertson/AP On Tuesday,...

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Republicans Defeat Ohio Anti-Gerrymandering Initiative With Brazen Anti-Democratic Tactics

Voters line up to enter their polling place at the Cincinnati Observatory on Election Day. Carolyn Kaster/AP Ohio voters defeated a major ballot...

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A Georgia Judge Just Blocked 7 Rules Passed by MAGA Election Officials

The Georgia State Election Board meets at the Capitol in Atlanta on July 9, 2024. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP A state judge on...

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Georgia Judge Blocks MAGA Election Subversion Rule

People line up to vote in the Atlanta suburb of Tucker, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia. Jeff...

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In Major Blow to Trump’s Election Denial Efforts, Georgia Judge Says Results Must Be Certified

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney looks through paperwork, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. (Brynn Anderson, AP) A Georgia judge ruled...

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Tim Walz is Right: The Electoral College Should be Abolished

Governor Walz speaks to a crowd in the city of Reno Nevada, during a Harris Walz campaign rally, October 8, 2024. (Hale Irwin/ SIPA USA) At a pair...

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Keeps Trying to Help Trump Win in November

Former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp after speaking at a temporary relief shelter as he visits areas impacted by...

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False Claims of Voter Fraud Lead to Real Instances of Voter Suppression

A voter enters Tuscaloosa County Ward 5, Montgomery Fire Department, to vote during a primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Northport, Ala....

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Democrats File New Lawsuit Against MAGA Georgia Election Board

Georgia's State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the state capitol, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Mike...

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Nebraska GOP State Senator Rejects Trump Scheme to Rig Electoral College

Former president Donald Trump campaigns in Greenwood, Neb., in 2022. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP) The Trump campaign’s...

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MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump

An attendee holds a sign that says "This Meeting is Illegal" during a hastily planned Georgia State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in...

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How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia

An election worker examines a ballot during vote counting in the 2020 election at State Farm Arena, in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Former Democratic...

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“Our Job Is to Make Sure They’re Safe”: America Confronts Election Intimidation

Residents in Anchorage, Alaska wait to vote. Mark Thiessen/AP This article was originally published by  News21 , a Carnegie-Knight and Walter...

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MAGA Election Deniers Are Going All-Out to Rig Georgia for Trump

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024. (John Bazemore/AP) On August 3, Donald Trump held a...

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Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the "Democracy for the People Act" on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Kamala Harris’...

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As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle

Mother Jones illustration; Washington Bureau/Getty; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash; National Archives “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any...

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Biden’s Call for Supreme Court Reform is Long Overdue

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty President Joe Biden called for a series of major reforms to the Supreme Court on Monday that would counteract the...

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The Country’s Most Conservative Court Just Reinstated a Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Law

Members of voting rights groups hold signs calling for protection of voting rights at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 7, 2023. (Rogelio...

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