Democracy Docket
We're Within 90 Days of the Midterms
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- We're Within 90 Days of the Midterms
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #politics #voting #trump
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- Federal Judge Halts Trump's USPS Takeover
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #usps #voting
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- 60 Minutes' Newest Correspondent Is Another Trump Sycophant
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #60minutes #politics
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- ALERT: Judge Stops Trump From Hijacking USPS to Rig 2026
- Runtime
- 19:25
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- A federal judge in Massachusetts just issued a nationwide injunction blocking Trump's executive order that would have let the U.S. Postal Service withhold mail-in ballots from states that don't hand over voter data to the Department of Justice. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down the ruling, including the judge's pointed call-out that Trump's DOJ made "little effort" to defend the order on its merits, and what it means for a related case now before the Supreme Court ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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00:00 — Breaking: Judge Blocks Postal Takeover
00:57 — Inside Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order
02:53 — DOJ's Losing Streak and Shift in Strategy
04:28 — Judge Slams DOJ for Dodging the Merits
13:06 — Supreme Court Showdown: What Comes Next
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights an...
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- Let's Be Clear. Trump Has No Control Over Federal Elections.
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #election #voting #politics
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- The Senate Left Without Passing This Bill
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #voting #politics #trump
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- There's No Limit For How Far Todd Blanche Will Go For Trump
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- #shortsyoutube #toddblanche #trump #politics #doj
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- Trump May Have Finally Found an Attorney General With No Limits
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- 37:08
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- With less than 90 days until the 2026 midterm elections, Trump may have finally found a lawyer with no limits — and Todd Blanche is only getting started.
In this episode of "Election Watch," Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general and why he compares Blanche to Trump's ruthless former lawyer, Roy Cohn. Plus some good news: the Department of Justice is now 0-21 in court battles over access to state voter files. He also covers the Save Act's failure in the Senate, the Supreme Court's pending ruling on Trump's mail-in ballot order and why Ross Douthat's farewell New York Times column got it backward.
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00:00 – Blanche Confirmed, Save Act Fails, DOJ 0-21
01:34 – The Roy Cohn Playbook
04:53 – Todd Blanche: More Dangerous Than Bondi
10:44 – Save Act Fails, Trump Targets USPS
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- The DOJ Is Now 0-21 In Cases Trying to Access States Voter Files
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics #doj
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- Todd Blanche Has Been Confirmed As AG. He Humiliated Himself In the Process.
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #toddblanche #politics #trump
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- The Big Lie Has Infected Every Trump Nominee
- Runtime
- 31:01
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Trump nominees live and breathe by one rule: Don't say Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Instead, the word of the day is "certified." Now, Trump judicial nominees are taking the evasion of facts to the next level: They won't even say Trump won the 2016 election. In this episode, Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, breaks down why this sets a dangerous precedent and how this convoluted logic could affect the judicial rulings of every election going forward.
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0:00 - Casting Doubt On Democracy
0:16 - Trump's Humiliation Ritual For Judges
1:47 - Clip: Nominee Won't Say Biden Won
4:12 - The Big Lie Becomes Party Orthodoxy
7:23 - How Trump Gains Leverage Over Judges
9:28 - Same Dodge On The 2016 Election
11:20 - Fact Vs. Law In Election Disputes
16:56 - Undermining Confidence In The Judiciary
21:37 - DOJ's 21-0 Losing Strea...
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- Trump Knows His Best Chance In the Midterms Is to Cheat
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics #voting
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- Truth vs. Troost: Kansas City, gerrymandering and the fight for representation
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- 21:46
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- If you want to understand democracy, don't start with the Capitol. Start with a street.
But Troost Avenue isn't just a street in Kansas City — it's the color line that decided who gets heard and who doesn't.
For decades, Troost split Kansas City in two: a white west side and a Black east side. The 1965 Voting Rights Act promised every voice would count equally. Sixty-one years later, we went to see what that promise actually looks like on the ground, right as Missouri proposed redrawing the 5th Congressional District along that same line.
Representation isn't abstract. It decides which streets get repaired, which schools stay open, which grocery stores survive, and whose complaints reach City Hall as priorities instead of vanishing into silence.
In April, the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — "all but a dead letter," in Justice Kagan's words. States are already redrawing map...
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- Today Is a Good Day for Democracy
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- This Just Killed Trump's National Voter Database
- Runtime
- 26:03
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- After a victory for Colorado voters, the DOJ is now 0-20 in the voter roll cases -- and we are winning. In this episode, Marc Elias breaks down the Trump administration's yearlong effort to build a national voter database, why federal judges (including eight appointed by Trump) have unanimously rejected the DOJ's demands, and why today's 90-day "quiet period" deadline may have shut the door on Trump's scheme just in time for the midterms.
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00:00 - DOJ's 0-20 Voter File Losing Streak
00:48 - What's Inside State Voter Files
02:29 - The 20 States That Beat DOJ
03:08 - Trump-Appointed Judges Ruled Against DOJ
06:28 - Where The Appeals Stand By Circuit
07:17 - Why The 90-Day Deadline Matters
09:05 - DOJ's Own FAQ On The 90-Day Rule
15:28 - Why Legacy Media Isn't Covering This
17:23 - This Isn't Over: Trump Will Escalate
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- Even John Thune Knows This Bill Is Dead
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics #voting
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- A Major Win For New Citizens' Voting Rights
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- BREAKING: Federal Court Blocks Trump's Voter Registration Ban
- Runtime
- 17:49
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- In breaking news, a federal court has blocked a USCIS policy that banned nonprofit organizations from registering new citizens to vote at naturalization ceremonies. In this episode, Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, whose law firm represented the National Council of Jewish Women's New Orleans chapter in this case, breaks down the ruling, and explains what this win means for new Americans and the fight to protect voting rights ahead of the midterms.
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00:00 – Court Blocks Trump's Citizen Voter Ban
01:29 – Inside The USCIS Voting Rights Case
05:20 – Proving Intentional Discrimination
09:51 – The Evidence: "Aliens" And Amnesty Fears
13:08 – What This Win Means Going Forward
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy ...
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- This Is What Total Capitulation Looks Like
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- 34:30
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- With the 2026 midterm elections three months away, the word of the week is capitulation. In today's episode of Election Watch, Marc Elias discusses why Thom Tillis and John Cornyn changed their stance on supporting Todd Blanche as attorney general, how Trump's anti-voting executive order ended up before the Supreme Court, and what puts Paul Weiss at the heart of the problems we have in the legal establishment.
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00:00 This Week's Word: Capitulation
02:21 Todd Blanche Capitulates on the Slush Fund
04:55 Jeanine Pirro Drops the Reflecting Pool Case
10:14 Legacy Media's Capitulation to Trump
12:37 Paul Weiss's Stunning Capitulation
16:43 John Thune Can't Pass the SAVE Act
20:17 DOJ Loses 0-19 on Voter File Cases
25:36 Supreme Court Weighs the Postal Service Case
31:36 Why Every Vote Matters in 2026
Democracy Dock...
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- There Are No Good Apples In Trump’s DOJ
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #politics #trump
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- Don't Let the Legacy Media Fool You About Todd Blanche
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- #shorts #toddblanche #politics
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- Trump Hates Me Because I'm Right
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics
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- If You Have Self-Respect, You Can't Work With Trump
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics
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- Todd Blanche Is About to Lose His Dream Job. This Is Why.
- Runtime
- 31:01
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Todd Blanche went from well-respected Wall Street lawyer to Trump crony. And now, he’s about to lose his dream job as attorney general. Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, explains what makes Blanche so dangerous, how he is jeopardizing his Senate confirmation to protect Trump’s slush fund, and why we can’t let the legacy media shift the Overton window on Trump’s nominees.
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00:00 - Todd Blanche's Rotten DOJ
04:08 - Todd Blanche's Prestigious Resume Explained
05:50 - Red Flag: Blanche Becomes Trump's Lawyer
09:35 - Media Silence on Blanche's Real Record
13:51 - Loyalty Over Law: Life on Team Trump
15:04 - Inside the $1.8B Weaponization Fund
19:36 - Blanche's DOJ Targets Comey and Voter Files
24:00 - What We Must Do to Stop Normalization
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voti...
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- Donald Trump Broke Our Government. We Can Build A Better One.
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #government
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- Donald Trump Twisted What the Presumption of Regularity Means Today
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #government
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- Donald Trump Broke the Old Normal
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- #trump #shorts #politics
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- Trump's Actions Are Not Abnormal. They Are Immoral.
- Runtime
- 32:03
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- If we want democracy to survive, here’s what we need to understand: Donald Trump is actually acting normal. Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, explains the important distinction between abnormal and immoral, why the courts should do away with the presumption of regularity, and what Democrats need to do to create a better, moral “new normal.”
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00:00 – Trump Broke Government: Redefining Normal
03:57 – Media Cowardice At The Correspondents Dinner
08:27 – What Is The Presumption Of Regularity?
13:50 – Why This Presumption Should Never Apply
17:57 – Government Workers Are Not The Heroes
23:50 – Election Officials: Heroes Or Vote Suppressors?
26:23 – Building A New Normal, Not Restoring The Old
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts —...
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- Why the Fight For Free and Fair Elections Has Just Begun
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #vote #politics
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- Free and Fair Elections Have Never Been in More Danger
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting #politics
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- What We All Need to Do Before the 2026 Midterm Elections
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #politics #vote
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- The Strategy Behind Trump's Attacks On Mail-In Voting
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting #politics
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- Trump's Voter List is Entirely Partisan
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- BREAKING: Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court to Let Him Block Your Mail Ballot
- Runtime
- 20:43
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Trump's DOJ has filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to let his mail voting executive order take effect before the midterms — a move that could let the administration decide who gets a mail ballot and who doesn't, just months before voters head to the polls for the 2026 midterms. Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, breaks down what the executive order actually does, why the DOJ claims the states don't have standing to challenge it, and why that argument falls apart.
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00:00 DOJ Appeals Mail Ballot Ruling to Supreme Court
02:53 What the Executive Order Actually Does
10:12 DOJ's Argument at the Supreme Court
13:18 The "Shell Game" and What Happens Next
18:07 The Bigger Picture and Call to Action
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unap...
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- Voter Suppression Can Take Many Forms
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting #election
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- Don't Believe the Lie. Trump Is Targeting Democrats
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting #election
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- 99 Days Until Midterms: We've Seen the Way This Ends
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- 31:16
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias introduces "Election Watch: Countdown to the 2026 Midterms," a new weekly series breaking down what's really at stake ahead of November. In Episode 1, Marc lays out Trump's three-part strategy to subvert the election: suppressing Democratic votes, manipulating voter data to disqualify voters and using false fraud claims to challenge results.
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00:00 Trump's Endgame
1:19 Countdown to the 2026 Midterms
5:24 Strategy One: Suppressing Democratic Votes
11:58 Save Act and Proof of Citizenship Laws
17:42 Strategy Two: Manipulating Voter Databases
23:12 Strategy Three: False Fraud Claims
29:01 How to Fight Back and Stay Engaged
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy and independent stand...
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- Texas and New Jersey Made the Same Mistake. You Only Heard About One of Them.
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #election #voting #newjersey
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- Our Community Matters as Much as What We Cover
- Runtime
- 14:23
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- Marc Elias explains why community is at the heart of everything Democracy Docket does. For years, we've reached you through newsletters, social media, and events, but as we approach the midterms, it's critical that our community continues to grow. That's why Democracy Docket just launched a subreddit: a space where you can ask questions, participate in discussions, and speak directly with Marc.
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy and independent standpoint.
Covering election and voting litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy — access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law and more — also play out in Congress, in the Trump administration and in states around the country. As Trump and his GOP allies work to dismantle our democracy, we’re committed to exposing the threats through in-dept...
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- States Run Elections. Not Donald Trump.
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting #election
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- The Legacy Media Is Happy to Promote Trump's Election Lies
- Runtime
- 0:29
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- #trump #shorts #voting #election
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- There Was No Voter Fraud in New Jersey
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- #trump #voting #newjersey #shorts
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- Republicans Won't Stop Cheating. We Must Continue Fighting.
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- Texas Made the Same Mistake as New Jersey. Trump Didn't Care.
- Runtime
- 28:33
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
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- Earlier this year, Texas quietly admitted to the federal government that non-citizens had been mistakenly registered to vote there due to clerical errors, the same kind of mistake now fueling outrage over New Jersey. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down what actually happened in both states, why neither is proof of the voter fraud conspiracy Republicans are selling, and why the SAVE Act and voter ID laws wouldn't have stopped either error.
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00:00 New Jersey Voter Fraud Claims Debunked
04:01 How New Jersey's DMV Error Happened
10:03 DOJ's Fight For Voter Roll Access
12:59 States, Not Trump, Control Elections
18:50 Texas's Same Error, Media Silence
24:27 Trump's Ongoing Election Lies
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights a...
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- I Wanted to Foster Community. So I Started My Own Subreddit.
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #voting #politics
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- Trump Claimed Fraud. The Supreme Court Said Otherwise.
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- How We Unmasked the Plaintiff Behind the Supreme Court’s Cruelest Ruling
- Runtime
- 11:55
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- When the Supreme Court issued one of its most significant voting rights decisions in decades in Louisiana v. Callais, few people knew anything about the man whose name was on the case: Phillip “Bert” Callais. Curious about who he was, Democracy Docket reporters Matt Cohen and Yunior Rivas began digging through public records and social media. What they uncovered connected a seemingly ordinary Louisiana businessman to election denial networks, January 6th and a broader movement challenging decades of protections for Black and Latino voters.
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Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy and independent standpoint.
Covering election and voting litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy — access to voting, gerrymandering...
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- Republicans Cheat Because Their Platform is Unpopular
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- Birth Certificates as Voter ID Will Target 70% of Married Women
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- #shorts #trump #voting
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- We Gained Ground, but We Have to Keep Fighting
- Runtime
- 26:46
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down why elections are a game of inches, and why the GOP's real 2026 strategy is making it harder to vote and easier to cheat. He walks through the RNC's own lawsuit admitting late mail ballots favor Democrats, the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling against them, and another win in Kansas protecting mail voters. We can't get complacent. Only 19 states protect these ballots, and a lot is on the line before November.
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00:00 The Game Of Inches In Elections
2:56 How Republicans Suppress Votes
6:06 The Fight Over Mail-In Voting
11:29 Mississippi's Watson Case Begins
15:28 Supreme Court Backs Mail Ballots
18:09 Kansas Wins Its Own Court Case
21:25 Building A Pro-Democracy Community
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