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Trump’s DOJ steps up pressure on California over noncitizen voters 2 weeks from election

The U.S. Department of Justice is intensifying its campaign against voter fraud with a spree of arrests in the final weeks before Election Day, an effort that voting rights advocates warn risks instilling fear among voters. Over the past week, the Justice Department unveiled election-related criminal charges against 28 noncitizens in California and…

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Kagan: Supreme Court rulings have heightened political polarizationJustice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique on Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and weakened key voting rights protections, suggesting those rulings by her conservative colleagues have driven the country further apart. Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the high court, said during remarks…

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Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court rulings are fueling polarization and undermining democracyWASHINGTON — Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said voting and elections decisions from her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have helped make the country more politically polarized and less democratic. In a speech two weeks before the pivotal midterm elections for control of Congress, the liberal-leaning justice sharply criticized how the

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Federal Prosecutor Says L.A. County Made ‘Massive Concession’ on Voter Citizenship ChecksA “massive concession” claim emerged Tuesday in the federal dispute over California’s voter rolls after Los Angeles County officials told a court they cannot independently verify voters’ citizenship beyond what voters state on their registration forms. The post Federal Prosecutor Says L.A. County Made ‘Massive Concession’ on Voter Citizenship Checks…

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Trump Sued by Democrats in Trying to Purge State Voter RollsNational Democrats sued President Donald Trump and the US Justice Department over what they say is a coordinated effort to erode confidence in the upcoming midterm elections, including by demanding that states like California and Nevada set aside ballots of suspected non-citizens.

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Kagan diagnoses American democracy with a Supreme Court problemJustice Elena Kagan said the high court had created a democracy that does not work as it should.

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Ahead of Midterms, Elena Kagan Says the Supreme Court Is Undermining Voting RightsThe liberal justice says the conservative majority’s rulings have weakened democracy. Here’s how those decisions affect the midterms—and what Congress could do in response.

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New Rules in North Carolina Threaten Thousands of Mail BallotsCounty election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.

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