elections
15 briefs
The Supreme Court Killed Section 2. Now Every State Is Redrawing Maps.
The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais used manipulated DoJ data to gut the last protection in the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana already suspended live elections.
Britain's Party System Is Breaking
Reform UK is the biggest winner in the local elections. The real winner is a political system that cannot handle what British voters now want.
UK Goes to the Polls Today. Labour Is Bracing for Its Worst Night in a Generation.
Voting is underway across England, Scotland, and Wales. Reform UK leads national polls at 25%. What today's results mean depends on whether Farage can convert council seats into something durable.
Trump Is Purging Voter Rolls Inside the 90-Day Window. The Courts Keep Saying No. He Keeps Going.
The Justice Department is using an immigration database to challenge voter registrations in 30 states, within 90 days of the midterm election. Courts have thrown out case after case. The purges continue.
SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. Again.
A 6-3 ruling in the Louisiana redistricting case didn't kill Section 2 — it made compliance with Section 2 an unconstitutional act.
CISA Lost a Third of Its Staff. Cyber Partnerships Are at a Standstill. The Midterms Are Six Months Away.
The agency responsible for protecting US critical infrastructure and election systems has been hollowed out just as the 2026 midterms approach, and the House just passed a funding bill that cuts it further.
Trump Signed a Mail Voting Order. 23 States Sued Within Hours. The Midterms Are in 6 Months.
An executive order requiring USPS to verify voter citizenship before delivering ballots is legally dubious, operationally impossible, and may energize the very voters it aims to suppress.
Trump Signed an Order Telling the Post Office How to Handle Ballots. The Post Office Answers to a Board That Answers to Nobody.
The March 31 executive order requires the postmaster general to regulate mail voting. Federal law explicitly prohibits presidential control of the mail. Both things are true at once.
Bulgaria Elected a Pro-Russia Leader. The EU Congratulated Him.
Rumen Radev won 44.7% in Bulgaria's eighth election in five years, on a platform of anti-corruption and Russian re-engagement. Both the Kremlin and Ursula von der Leyen sent warm notes.
The SAVE Act Is Not About Noncitizens. It Is About Who Controls the Voter List.
Trump's push to use DHS's SAVE program for election verification is dividing election officials ahead of midterms, and polls show it is popular.
The DOJ Is 0 for 5 on Voter Data. It Has 25 Cases Left.
Courts keep rejecting the administration's demand for voter rolls. That does not explain why 17 Republican-led states handed over the data anyway.
The First State to Say No to AI
Maine just passed the nation's first statewide moratorium on AI data centers. The governor hasn't signed it yet, and that's where the real story begins.
Orban's Last Election
Hungary is voting today in the first election in 16 years where Fidesz could actually lose. The outcome will determine whether illiberal democracy is a permanent political model or an accident of incumbency advantage.
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise 21 Million People. Speaker Johnson Says That's the Point.
Trump's voter ID bill passed the House in February. A Republican speaker was caught on a hot mic saying it would cut 18% of the electorate. The Senate is now deciding whether that counts as a selling point.
Wisconsin Just Gave Liberals a 5-2 Court Majority. The 2028 Election May Depend on It.
Chris Taylor won by 20 points, the fourth consecutive liberal landslide in Wisconsin court races. The state court now controls redistricting, election administration, and any litigation over the 2028 presidential result in the most contested swing state in the country.