Democracy Docket

U.S. left-progressive

Stories

• 8 Senate Adjourns for Recess After Voter-ID Bill Falls 52-46, Short of the 60 Votes Needed
• 7 Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence in 51-47 Party-Line Vote
• 8 North Carolina Joins 24-State Lawsuit Challenging New Election and Immigration Conditions on FEMA Homeland Security Grants
• 8 Missouri Officials Near Deadline to Verify Signatures on Referendum Targeting New Congressional Map
• 7 N.C. Elections Board Adopts New Absentee Ballot Rules on 3-2 Party-Line Votes
• 7 Appeals Court Declines to Lift Injunction on Trump Mail-Ballot and Citizenship-Data Order in 23 States and D.C.
• 6 Justice Department Appeals Voter-Data Losses to Eight Federal Circuit Courts
• 7 Federal Panel Won't Block Tennessee's New Congressional Map Before August Primary
• 7 House Adopts $95 Billion Budget Blueprint to Start Reconciliation on Iran War Funding and Voter-ID Grants
• 7 North Carolina Elections Board Adopts New Mail-Ballot Rules in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
• 6 Maryland Legislature Sets August Special Session on a Redistricting Constitutional Amendment
• 7 Courts in Four States Weigh Challenges to New Congressional Maps as Mid-Decade Redistricting Spreads
• 8 NC Legislature Recesses Until July 27 With Homeless-Camping Veto, Election Bill, and Governor-Power Amendments Unresolved
• 7 Wake County Democrats Petition Commissioners for $200,000 After NC State Early Voting Site Is Moved Off Central Campus
• 8 Trump Removes Election Assistance Commission's Remaining Members, Leaving Agency Without a Quorum Before 2026 Midterms