NEW: In a loss for students in North Carolina, a judge declined to open early voting sites on three college campuses in the state, including the nation’s largest HBCU. While the ruling deals a blow to students’ attempt to restore sites ahead of the state’s upcoming primary, they can appeal.

🧵 Voting starts next week in TX primaries. Many voters don't know they were just moved into a different congressional district. TX voters: have you gotten your voter registration card in the mail yet? (you don't need it to vote but it tells you which districts you're in) It looks like this:

I'm gathering that he laid off the comms people

🚨BREAKING: Virginia Democrats just dropped a new congressional map — and it could flip FOUR more House seats blue in 2026. If courts greenlight it, Virginia voters will decide whether the new map takes effect.

ok well I feel seen

NEW: Florida voters sued Gov. Ron DeSantis for calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s electoral maps. The pro-voting plaintiffs argued that the governor unconstitutionally encroached upon the powers of the state legislature.

To any of the talented journalists and creatives that were laid off by @washingtonpost.com today — come join our independent, pro-democracy news outlet powered by readers, not corporate billionaires. We want to work with those who value protecting democracy and voting rights: https://bit.ly/45Qaw4K

A coalition of House Democrats is sounding the alarm over new U.S. Postal Service changes they say could put voters at risk in the 2026 midterm elections, particularly in rural communities and states with strict election deadlines.

Trump made it clear he wants to call off the midterms. He wished he had seized ballot boxes after he lost the 2020 presidential election, and turned the DOJ into an extension of his political will. We need to realize it's up to us to defend free and fair elections, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.

NEW: The Supreme Court allows California to use its new voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats could pick up as many as five more seats in Congress under the new map, and counter the GOP gains made in Texas.

Bravo. There's a lot of leverage out there if you look for it.

They want you to be TOO CONFUSED to participate. But instead you can be READY.

Voting in the TX primary election starts SOON (Feb 17!!!!) and MANY voters are going to show up & find out they're suddenly in a different congressional district (because Republicans just redrew the district maps) If you're a TX voter, you NEED to check your address 🧵

NEW: Florida court tosses GOP suit attempting to influence elections by challenging U.S. census www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

not al green standing right behind him like that. come on

what is even happening anymore. completely insane. trump: ‘we should take over the voting’ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. it's a relief to see an elected official not being useless.

shoutout to the 23,652 houstonians who made the time to vote in a special election runoff to fill their congressional seat & have their voices heard. 5.6% turnout.

this is why the GOP is working so hard to gerrymander tarrant county into submission

NEW: In an alarming development, North Carolina’s GOP-led election board is considering a plan to label certain voters as “presumptive noncitizens,” potentially purging them from the rolls. It's the latest move in an effort to politicize voter list maintenance and undermine election confidence.

BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history. The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.

I'm at the annual conference for the National Association of Secretaries of State today. This morning's presenters include: Sen. Alex Padilla, DHS Election Integrity Dept. Secretary Heather Honey, and U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairman Don Palmer... stay tuned for updates.

POV everyone in DC is complaining the streets haven't been plowed enough but you are from TX so you are just impressed the power is on

Houston: voting is open TODAY and TOMORROW (Jan 28 & 29) in the Congressional District 18 special election runoff. Or you can vote SATURDAY (Jan 31, election day). 🧵 If you're confused, here's some information: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.

the fact that democratic party leaders aren't on the streets in minneapolis

Excellent read on this shitty situation. We will be voting in the runoff only to be shuffled to our 3rd different district in 7 years in the upcoming primary.

For Houston & people who care about Houston: my new story explains why voters in the 18th congressional district are going to the polls now, only to go back next month to vote for the same seat again -- when it will be a drastically different district www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

sharing in case you have a little time to make a shelter for your neighborhood outside cats before the weather gets freezing 🥺

we're going to get through this year surviving on cat photos and spite

MLK Day really feels different when we're waiting on a Supreme Court ruling to come out that could gut the Voting Rights Act

It's the fastest hour in Texas media: - A 🔥 race for Texas AG - The heartbreaking details from the trial of the school police officer from Uvalde - @jenrice.bsky.social on Gov Abbott's threat to take over Houston elections And more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

NEW: What began as a Trump redistricting scheme to tilt the 2026 elections in Republicans’ favor has spiraled into something else in Missouri, a fight that threatens to cut democracy to the bone. If you haven't been following, you should get caught up: www.democracydocket.com/analysis/in-...

Watching this morning's North Carolina State Board of Elections meeting. On the agenda: approving county early voting plans for the primary election. So far, the debate has been about whether to approve Sunday voting. The livestream is over here: www.ncsbe.gov/news/events/...

I'm sorry to everyone who is so tired but voting in TX primary elections starts soon (Feb 17) and MANY voters are going to show up & find out they're suddenly in a different congressional district thanks to Republicans you need to check your address: www.texastribune.org/2025/09/04/2...

monitoring the situation

trying to live life on a day with supreme court opinions coming out

NEW: Following Wednesday's ICE killing, D.C. residents take to the streets, chanting "ICE out now." A protest at 14 and U streets in Washington, D.C., stopped traffic for roughly an hour on the evening after an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Tonight, a photo essay at Law Dork:

update: harris county commissioner lesley briones responds to the governor's threat of a state takeover of houston elections

NEW: TX gov. greg abbott is now threatening houston with a state takeover of its elections — an escalation of long-simmering GOP threats to gain control of voting in the fourth largest city in the U.S. 🧵 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

can't believe they canceled the dallas hand count

Wowwwwww. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that the government knew, or should have known, that the construction of the dams would cause damage to private property.

ho ho hopefully you have a minute to read about today's new missouri redistricting lawsuit (it's important) www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

RIP CBS News (1927 - 2025), may its memory be a blessing

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

The Donald J. Trump Center for the Performative Arts

i want to see texans painting rainbows on every inch of private property in the state

ken paxton has a new bathroom complaint form for complaints about bathrooms www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...

Trump’s threats to Indiana funding are illegal "coercion on steroids" www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...