"Judge blocks Trump’s citizenship proof requirement for voter registration"
"The ruling grants the plaintiffs a partial summary judgment that prohibits the proof-of-citizenship requirement from going into effect."
#USPol #Elections #VoterRegistration #VoterSuppression #VotingRights #Resist
🚨Now is the time! Check your voter registration status to ensure you're ready to make your voice heard. Every vote counts. Yours could be the difference! Call/text 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) or click below for info on voting in your state. https://866ourvote.org/
#democracymatters
#yourvoicematters
#voterregistration @866ourvote
Thanks to the Southeast Ventura County YMCA Youth and Government program for the invitation to speak on civic engagement. The kids asked great questions and seemed very interested in getting more involved in their local governments. I encouraged them to get involved in the issues they care about – in other words, to come give us politicians a hard time. :-)
Did you know 16-year-olds in California can pre-register, so they'll be able to vote on their 18th birthday? Even better, they can register online at https://registertovote.ca.gov/
đź“·: Kyle Rohrbach
#civics #civicengagement #youth #ymca #voting #voterregistration #thousandoaks #conejovalley #tocc
All Elections have Fraud
Voters' lists are not perfect. Poll workers make mistakes. Partisans sometimes cheat the system. And yes, dead people sometimes do vote!
Usually these instances are small enough to not overturn the final result. But they do breed a bit of distrust of the current system.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=94
The TDG elections take much of this "fraud" away, giving the validity of the people who won the election.
Republican Voter Registration Rises in New Jersey Amid Changing Political Landscape
As New Jersey approaches the governor's election in November, Democrats remain the largest registered party but Republicans have made significant gains over the last four years. Nearly 164,000 new voters registered as Republicans, marking over a 10% increase statewide, while Democrats lost about 51,... [More info]
SC Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein walking her dogs on beach when her $1.1M Edisto Beach home went up in flames, explosion. Fire under investigation by authorities left 3 people severely injured including son & husband, former Dem state lawmaker Arnold Goodstein. Judge under fire from #Trump admin because she issued temporary restraining order blocking #DOJ from accessing #voterregistration data held by #SouthCarolina Election Commission.#arson #maga #stephenmiller https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-called-for-violence-against-judge-in-days-before-fire/
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Donuts + Democracy
"We wish it weren’t true, because saying “donuts can save democracy” sounds ridiculous. But our data proves it—student organizers report that having donuts at their events increases voter engagement by 10 times on average. Donuts are magic."
#Resist #Democracy #NoKings
#Voters #Vote #VoterRegistration #Trump #GOP #CharlieKirk #MAGA #Project2025 #ChristianNationalism #Donuts #Doughnuts
"As we face mounting challenges to voting rights, the work of registering voters becomes something approaching an act of democratic resistance."
Learn more about the importance of nonprofit — and nonpartisan! — voter registration in this Alliance for Justice blog post https://afj.org/article/protecting-democracy-through-nonpartisan-voter-registration/
#VoterRegistration #VotingRights #GOTV #BeAVoter #Nonprofits #SocialJustice #Elections #Democracy
US/#Florida peeps: I just had an unsolicited text saying that Floridians who had elected to #VoteByMail had been de-registered. I thought, junk text, but I did go to my online county website to check, and I am in fact no longer signed up for vote by mail. And it looks like they have made the process to do this much harder than it was before (a checkbox before, now I have to provide info they already have, like my driver’s license 🙄). So, go check your #VoterRegistration info, and fix it quickly!
Voting alone is not enough to save democracy, but it is a necessary step to prevent it from backsliding even further. Winning elections helps set the stage for all the battles we need to win to create a more just world.
Happy National Voter Registration Day! Make sure you're registered, and check on your friends as well!
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoterRegistration #voting #vote #GOTV #USPol
Sept 16 is US Voter Registration Day! We're excited to invite you to share Majority Rules with your classroom and community — new at Journeys in Film!
At a time when confidence in our democracy is at historic lows, this film offers something rare: a clear, compelling look at a real solution. Through the lens of Alaska's groundbreaking election reforms, the documentary illustrates how voters can reclaim power and bring about fairer, more representative elections.
Whether you're backing a voter-driven campaign, partnering with grantees on the ground, or catalyzing this movement through strategic philanthropy, this film is designed to equip you—and those in your network—with a powerful narrative and actionable vision for what's possible.
Get our new Majority Rules education resources!
https://journeysinfilm.org/film/majority-rules/
@edtech @education @film @homeschooling
#VoterRegistrationDay #VoterRegistration #Democracy #Education #Government #Homeschooling #USPolitics #CommunityEducation #Alaska
Congo-Brazzaville launches electoral roll revision ahead of presidential polls http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMrdbJ #CongoBrazzaville #Elections2025 #VoterRegistration #TransparencyInElections #Democracy
Over the weekend, our Voter Services volunteers enjoyed registering voters at the Haight Ashbury Food Program's Saturday food pantry, which does so much good for neighbors in need.
#SanFrancisco #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #SF #VoterRegistration #BeAVoter #RegisterToVote
Here we go again. For years #Trump has decried #election security, and now he threatens to withhold #ElectionSecurity funds from states…While at the same time removing the rule that explicitly banned using federal grant money for activities that "could be used to suppress #VoterRegistration or turnout."
To be clear: He wants to make it okay to suppress your #RightToVote by taking money away from election security and putting it into #VoterSuppression. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/22/nx-s1-5508345/election-security-grants-trump-voting-policy
South Dakota Secretary of State Confirms Unintentional Disclosure of Voter Registration Data
#KXLGNews #KXLGRadio991 #LiveandLocal #StateNews #SouthDakota
#election #vote #VoterRegistration
#Maine rejects #JusticeDepartment’s request for all #voters’ personal info, list of election officials
Secretary of State #ShennaBellows' responded to the request by telling the DOJ to "go jump in the Gulf of Maine."
by Dylan Tusinski, July 29, 2025
AUGUSTA — "Maine is denying the U.S. Department of Justice access to its voter registration records, state officials said Tuesday, rejecting an unprecedented request for sensitive voter data that the Trump administration has now delivered to all 50 states.
"A letter late last week to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and signed by Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Michael Gates claims Maine had roughly 11,000 voters with duplicate registration. It requested the state’s entire voter registration list dating back to November 2022 'to ensure that ineligible voters are being removed.'
"The state has 14 days to respond to the letter dated July 24.
"Bellows, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, said in a press conference Tuesday the Trump administration is overstepping its bounds, empowering false narratives and 'trying to change the topic away from the Epstein files.'
" 'Article 1 of the Constitution places the states — not President Trump, not the federal government — in charge of federal elections,' she said. 'The DOJ doesn’t get to know everything about you just because they want to.'
"Bellows’ office is coordinating with Maine’s Office of Attorney General to draft a formal response, she said.
The Maine Republican Party has previously claimed widespread voter fraud across the state, but a subsequent investigation by Bellows’ office concluded this month and found those claims were baseless. Just because someone is registered to vote in two different towns doesn’t mean they intended to vote twice. Often, it simply means that they moved between elections.
"A spokesman for Maine Senate Republicans declined to comment on the DOJ’s request or Bellows’ response. Other Maine GOP officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
"In addition to #VoterRegistration information, the DOJ also has requested the names of local election officials as well as information about noncitizens, felons, and deceased people’s alleged participation in Maine elections following President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from him.
" 'Please provide a description of the steps that Maine has taken, and when those steps were taken, to identify registered voters who are ineligible to vote as well as the procedures it used to remove those ineligible voters from the registration list,' the DOJ’s letter reads.
"The DOJ has not publicly said why they are seeking voter records across the country. Asked about the request to Maine and other states, spokesperson Pierson Furnish replied in an email 'No comment.'
"The first Trump administration similarly made requests to view all Americans’ voter information in 2017. Then-Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said at the time he would release voters’ names, ages, residences and districts with the government, as allowed by Maine law.
"The American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] of Maine said the DOJ’s actions both now and then are part of 'a clear pattern of intimidation' and applauded Bellows’ refusal to share voters’ information.
" 'This letter also fuels #FalseNarratives that sow distrust in our elections. Maine elections are safe, secure, and accessible, and that’s why Maine consistently has some of the highest voter turnout,' said Samuel Crankshaw, the group’s communications director. 'Our government should focus on helping more people exercise their fundamental rights.'
Maine’s voter turnout is reliably high compared to other states and more Mainers voted in 2024 than in any election before, according to state voting data.
"The Justice Department initially reached out to swing states like #Michigan, #Arizona and #Wisconsin, where local election clerks have reported federal agents requesting broad access to the states’ #RegistrationRolls and #VotingMachines.
Now, Bellows said all 50 states have received similar letters. #Maine, #Minnesota and #NewHampshire are the only states to have rejected the requests so far."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/K91De
#District13 #MaineResists #MinnesotaResists #NewHampshireResists #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #GovernmentOverreach #BigBrother #CharacteristicsOfFascism
>>Federal laws restrict the federal government’s ability to centralize information on Americans, said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research. Even if states provide voter registration information to the public, they often redact sensitive information.<<
https://stateline.org/2025/07/16/trumps-doj-wants-states-to-turn-over-voter-lists-election-info/
#Voters #VoterLists #VoterRegistration #Privacy #Stateline #USPol #Elections
>>Minnesota, New Hampshire and Wisconsin have all declined to release full lists. In Maine, Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows plans to deny a similar request, telling the Maine Morning Star that the DOJ can “go jump in the Gulf of Maine.”<<
https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/doj-plans-to-ask-all-states-for-detailed-voting-info/
#Elections #VoterLists #Voters #OklahomaVoice #USPol #VoterRegistration #ElectionInterference
