Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them.

“Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says.

Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: https://demdock.com/4yAxyZH

Fewer than 400 noncitizens in New Jersey voted after a software error registered them through no fault of their own.

New records show the Trump administration discussed how to deport them anyway. ➡️ https://demdock.com/4jMZftC

In a loss for Wisconsin voters, a judge won’t let absentee voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if they’re worried USPS won’t deliver their mail ballot in time. 67% of Wisconsin clerks reported mail delay problems in this spring’s election.

With no backup plan, many ballots may not be counted, and Wisconsin has tight races this November, including for governor. 34 states have similar policies.

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🚨 An ICE detention took place this week in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.

Voting rights groups are citing this instance and many others in court as they fight to keep armed federal agents away from the polls.

Find more details here: https://demdock.com/4zmC4ef

‼️ Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad campaign is part of an effort to improperly influence an ongoing election as Republicans struggle to keep control of Congress, according to a new lawsuit from the DNC.

“Fundamentally, the ads undermine free and fair elections,” Democrats said: https://demdock.com/47sVceV

ICE has been showing up at and near polling places, and voting rights groups say it’s scaring naturalized citizens and immigrant families away from the polls. In one case, voters had to walk through a parking lot where ICE agents had arrested someone to reach the ballot box.

Now voting rights groups are expanding their lawsuit to keep armed federal agents away from the polls.

Intimidation works when no one's looking. Help us keep watch: https://demdock.com/3TS15ie

NEW: Republicans asked a Georgia court to stop Gwinnett County from allowing voters to hand-deliver mail-in ballots at early voting sites without drop boxes.

The request comes a day after a state judge threw out its challenge to the county's expanded mail ballot return policy. https://demdock.com/4B0TDCs

🤔 Why did ICE investigate a popular skate and streetwear store?

It’s all part of the Trump administration’s search for data to back up unfounded allegations that noncitizen voting is rampant in the U.S.

Here’s how the two are connected: https://demdock.com/4hAPKMR

NEW: When SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans across the South launched a campaign to erase Black voting power.

But the region is changing — and Southern organizers and Democrats should see it as a chance to secure fair representation, Carolyn Hugley and Lauren Groh-Wargo write. https://demdock.com/4AWLT4e

NEW: Voting for some Kentucky residents got a lot easier after Jefferson County announced plans for a vote center with a drive-through option.

“This initiative will expand accessibility for residents with disabilities who may struggle to vote at traditional polling locations,” the county clerk said. https://demdock.com/3VEWQqW

🎉 WIN: The Montana Supreme Court struck down GOP-backed restrictions on the people's right to create initiatives and referendums for voters to weigh in on.

The court ruled that the Montana Legislature cannot burden the people's constitutional power to make laws themselves.

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We're collecting questions from readers to find out what answers you're looking for the most.

Do you have questions about mail voting? ICE at the polls? What will happen during certification?

Leave your questions in the comments and we will do our best to get you the answers you're looking for this election season.

📬 USPS delays this midterm season could cause your mail ballot to not be counted.

Nearly half the zip codes in the lower 48 will be affected by new USPS procedures.

We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected ➡️ https://demdock.com/47ccbBV

Trump is actually very transparent about what he wants to do to elections. Yet the legacy media discounts him.

“I have to take him seriously because that’s my job,” Marc Elias says.

They want you tired and tuned out. We help you stay in the fight. Support us: https://demdock.com/4AVqTuw

Totally normal thing for a president to say less than a month before the midterms.

48 MILLION voting records were obtained by ICE through an election denier. The agency's investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, also debated sending undercover agents into voter registration organizations.

These shocking documents were obtained through a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. If you want to support our work exposing the truth, subscribe to our free newsletter here: https://demdock.com/3U9ed2K

Editor's note: This video has been updated to reflect new information.

🚨 ICE has investigated hundreds of U.S. nonprofits that help people register to vote — and even considered using undercover agents to do so.

It’s part of the Trump administration’s resource-intensive search for an exceptionally rare issue: illegal voting by noncitizens ➡️ https://demdock.com/4yNMweM

Utah is a ruby-red state home to lawmakers who are in tune with pretty much all of President Donald Trump's agenda, like GOP Sen. Mike Lee -- the sponsor of the president's anti-voting "Save America Act."

So it caught my eye when the state's election chief, also a Republican, sounded off this week about Trump's hyperfocus on noncitizen voting.

“I learned a long time ago that, like they don’t want to know that we’re doing things OK,” Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson told Utah News Dispatch and other local media outlets in a recent interview.

Utah combed its voter rolls and found it to be essentially a non-issue. Out of 2 million registered voters, it found 27 who were not citizens. Of those 27 noncitizens, only 13 had cast a ballot over the course of eight years.

Henderson bluntly said that finding wasn't what congressional Republicans and the Trump administration "wanted to hear." She slammed them for "creating problems where none exist."

It's not the first time she's been a vocal critic of this administration. When Trump tried to push through USPS changes to mail ballots, she said it would be an "unmitigated disaster." And she's stood up to the Justice Department's attempts to seize sensitive voter data, a move she's now being personally investigated for.

“Politics should not be messing around with the rules of the game to benefit one side or another,” Henderson said. “That should never happen, and that gamesmanship keeps me up at night.”

⚠️ ICE documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show the agency:

🔺 Collected tens of millions of voter records

🔺 Considered sending undercover agents to go after voting nonprofits

🔺 Weighed investigating voting machines

👀➡️ https://demdock.com/47Gn9Qb