South Carolina redistricting: House rigs rules to quickly advance gerrymandered map
Pro-voting groups sued, alleging that the legislature violated state law in changing the rules to quickly pass the new map.
Matt Cohen
Matt is a senior reporter covering elections, voting rights and threats to democracy. He’s covered far-right extremism, dark money and state and local elections as an investigative reporter at The American Independent and Mother Jones. Prior to reporting on politics, Matt cut his teeth as a local reporter in D.C. at the Washington City Paper and DCist.
Court bashes internal DOJ legal memo that Trump admin used to justify voter roll grab
The memo claimed the department has the legal authority to demand sensitive voter data not because of some federal law, but because the DOJ said so.
Trump baselessly claims Maryland ballot printing error was fraud, demands federal probe
A spokesperson for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blasted Trump Monday evening for spreading false claims about the state’s elections.
South Carolina redistricting: Dems slam GOP colleagues amid rush to pass gerrymander
“The ease of which you bend the knee to your lord and savior Donald Trump, I just don’t understand,” Rep. Heather Bauer said to her Republican colleagues. “It’s not fair to South Carolinians.”
South Carolina redistricting: Governor forces lawmakers back to session to eliminate lone majority-Black district
The move was a reversal from the governor’s previous stance at the beginning of the month, when his office specifically said that he wouldn’t call a special redistricting session.
Report: Trump White House helping build national voter list
The discussions stem from President Donald Trump’s most recent anti-voting executive order targeting mail-in voting.
Georgia counties to sue over new election law targeting Democratic areas
The law has been criticized by lawmakers and voting rights advocates for attempting to dilute the voting power of Black voters, since it only applies to five specific counties.
Election denier wins GOP primary to be Nebraska’s election chief
Should Petersen win the general election in November, as is likely in the Republican-leaning state, he would be one of the most extreme and right-wing chief election officials in the country.
South Carolina redistricting: Lawmakers reject gerrymander in blow to Trump
The move is a strong rebuke of President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure southern states to quickly pass gerrymandered maps ahead of the midterms.
South Carolina moves to cancel June primary to allow for GOP gerrymander
23 South Carolina residents testified against redistricting and moving the state’s primaries. No one spoke in support of either measure.