Voter Suppression

Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system

The US Supreme Court granted the DOJ's request to overturn a judge's order that stopped the Trump administration from using Social Security numbers to check the citizenship of registered voters.

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The US Supreme Court during sunset in Washington, DC, US, August 7, 2026.
A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail delivery truck is seen in Queens, New York City.

Trump administration takes USPS mail-in ballot fight to Supreme Court

The USPS regulation would impose new voter-specific data and ballot envelope standards and potentially refuse the delivery of ballots that do not comply.

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Members of the Likud party gather at a polling station for the primary elections of their party ahead of the country’s national elections, in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

Israeli citizens abroad push to gain voting rights for upcoming elections

Israelis whom the government classifies as nonresidents are assigned a designation known as "Code 51" and removed from the voter registry, even though they retain their citizenship.

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U.S. postal service trucks sit parked at the post office in Del Mar, California

Judge blocks Trump-backed USPS mail-voting rules ahead of November elections

During the 2024 election, the USPS says it processed nearly 100 million ballots, and about 30% of voters nationwide cast ballots by mail, according to the states.

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More than 100 companies sign letter opposing US state voting restrictions

Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc , Ford Motor Co and Starbucks Corp are among the more than 100 companies that have come together to oppose US state voting curbs.

APRIL 14, 2021ByREUTERS
An Amazon logo is seen at its centre in Darlington, County Durham, Britain September 3, 2020

MLB moves All-Star Game, draft from Georgia following voting law outcry

"Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box."

APRIL 3, 2021ByREUTERS
CODY DECKER takes a swing during a PCL baseball game

US voting tech company sues Fox News for $1.6b over election-fraud claims

Dominion's lawsuit follows similar cases against Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and the Republican former president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

MARCH 27, 2021ByREUTERS
A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a sign during a “Stop the Steal” protest after the 2020 US presidential election was called by the media for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in front of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, US, November 7, 2020

Georgia state rep. arrested, handcuffed, dragged out of state Capitol

The incident took place following the state legislature's passing of a bill that would institute several restrictions on voting access.

MARCH 26, 2021ByAARON REICH
People participate in a Stop Asian Hate rally at Liberty Plaza, next to the Georgia State Capitol, in Atlanta, Georgia, March 20, 2021, in this still image from drone video obtained via social media.

Trump requests mail-in ballot to vote in Palm Beach Municipal election

The report claimed that Trump had requested an absentee mail-in ballot nearly a week after the deadline to receive one in the mail, meaning either he or a designee must pick it up in person.

MARCH 9, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
PRO-TRUMP demonstrators display signs of support as the presidential motorcade drives to Palm Beach International Airport, in Florida on January 5.

Giuliani calls on Arizona GOP lawmakers to not certify election results

Proud Boys member calls for armed revolt outside the meeting.

DECEMBER 1, 2020ByAARON REICH
Rudy Giuliani delivers remarks before Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., September 28, 2016.

Israeli town’s elections cause uproar in Parliament

Parties in governing coalition accuse each other of promoting voter fraud, arm-twisting

NOVEMBER 20, 2020ByURI COHEN/THE MEDIA LINE
Miki Haimovich (left) and Osnat Mark (right)

Trump election campaign asks judge to declare him winner in Pennsylvania

Trump's legal team also sought permission from the judge to refile legal claims that it dropped on Sunday from the lawsuit.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByREUTERS
COUNTER-PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE against a ‘Stop the Steal’ protest by supporters of US President Donald Trump at the Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday.

Biden says US agency is blocking transition, slowing coronavirus efforts

Murphy is relying on precedent, her office said, citing the five weeks delay in the 2000 election before Republican George W. Bush was declared the winner.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByREUTERS
US DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate Joe Biden arrives at a campaign event in Hermantown, Minnesota, September 18, 2020

Georgia, Wisconsin recounts unlikely to change Trump election defeat

"I don't believe at the end of the day it'll change the total results," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, told CNN.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByREUTERS
A poll worker processes mail-in absentee ballots the night of Election Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.