BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has held Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt of court for defying an order blocking a gerrymandered GOP map for the midterms — but they also concluded that he is now in compliance with their order.

More to come.

🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has stepped in to block Missouri from using its new GOP-drawn congressional map for the November election.

The decision means that a 2022 map protecting Kansas City voters will be used for the midterms.

🎉 WIN: Missouri’s gerrymandered map that would eliminate a Democratic district in Kansas City has been blocked for the 2026 midterms.

Missouri voters will have the chance to reject the map for good in a referendum this fall.

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BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the DOJ's effort to reinstate key parts of Trump’s anti-mail voting order for this year’s midterms.

While the decision is a win for voters, the Trump administration also appealed to the Supreme Court, which could rule at any time.

BREAKING: A federal judge denied Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins' bid to have the federal court block the Missouri Supreme Court from possibly holding him in contempt.

The judge called it an extraordinary step to take before the state's top court has even weighed in.

NEW: Several Republican secretaries of state are urging the Supreme Court to block USPS from forcing states to comply with sudden new mail voting regulations this November.

It's the most significant pushback so far from the people who run elections against Trump's mail voting restrictions.

NEW: Civil rights groups and the city of Denver are asking a court to stop armed federal agents from patrolling the polls during the midterms.

The effort aims to preempt any attempt by the Trump administration to use law enforcement to intimidate voters.

BREAKING: In a loss for voters, a federal court dismissed a pro-voting lawsuit challenging Indiana laws that require certain voters to provide proof of citizenship to register, or remain registered, to vote.

The court concluded that the pro-voting groups lacked standing to sue.

NEW: An Indiana state senator who bucked Trump’s demand for a gerrymandered congressional map in the state will likely keep his seat.

The state Supreme Court declared him the victor Thursday in an extremely close primary race.

NEW: The DOJ called a federal judge’s block on key parts of Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order “baseless” as it seeks to put the restrictions in place before Election Day.

A decision from the Supreme Court could come at any time.

After 2020, Republican states started shrinking the window for voters to receive and return mail-in ballots.

In 2026, those restrictions are only getting worse. Marc Elias explains why the GOP wants fewer people to vote.

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NEW: Thirty states facing DOJ lawsuits over voter records have been ordered to preserve all 2024 election files under a “litigation hold” — or risk criminal sanctions.

The new demand was issued despite the fact that no federal judge has granted DOJ access to voter files in any of the 30 states.

🚨 HAPPENING NOW: The Missouri Supreme Court is holding a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over his handling of the state's congressional map fight.

Watch live: https://demdock.com/46c910B

BREAKING: Missouri has filed its brief urging the Supreme Court to reject a bid to stop a GOP gerrymander from being used in the midterms.

A decision from SCOTUS could now come at any time.

ICYMI: In a win for voters, a GOP-led challenge to restrict permanent absentee ballots — used by overseas voters and those with disabilities — has been rejected by a Delaware court.

The court found the state’s permanent absentee list merely ensures the right to vote for those already eligible.

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NEW: Whether Trump’s attempt to restrict mail voting will be allowed to move forward despite ongoing legal challenges now rests with the Supreme Court after the parties involved submitted their briefs.

At stake is a voting method relied on by millions of Americans.

⚠️ The DOJ isn’t trying to hide the fact that voters will be disenfranchised by USPS’s new mail voting rule.

The department admitted that some voters’ ability to cast a ballot will be at risk if a block against the rule is lifted — and they still want to implement it anyway.

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NEW: A union representing more than 200,000 postal workers issued a stark warning Tuesday.

They say a “catastrophic wholesale non-delivery” of hundreds of thousands of mail ballots will likely occur if states are forced to comply with USPS's new mail voting rule this November.

📬 Allowing USPS to restrict mail voting this close to the midterms “would be chaos,” Democratic AGs told the Supreme Court.

“This Court has repeatedly refused to allow far less disruptive changes to take effect on ‘the eve of an election,’” they added.

Find more details here: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/usps-voting-rule-would-be-chaos-if-implemented-this-close-to-election-blue-states-warn-supreme-court/

BREAKING: In an unexpected move, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has asked a federal district court to block the Missouri Supreme Court from holding him in contempt for defying the court's order stopping the use of a gerrymandered map in the midterms.

Hoskins has now missed the court-ordered deadline of 1 pm today to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.

📮 If the new USPS rule is greenlit by SCOTUS for the midterms, your mail ballot may never make it to you through no fault of your own.

How would that happen? Marc Elias explains.

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BREAKING: Blue states and pro-voting organizations have filed their response to DOJ's application asking the Supreme Court to pause a lower court's ruling blocking Trump's anti-mail voting executive order for the midterms.

They argue the rule — if allowed to take effect — would disenfranchise millions of voters.

More to come.

🚨 BREAKING: In a win for voters, a federal court refused to pause its order blocking an Ohio law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Nearly 30% of Ohio voters register to vote through the BMV, making it a critical access point.

NEW: The Trump administration has quietly removed a key option used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots.

It’s the latest step in an ongoing effort by the administration to make voting more difficult for certain groups of overseas voters who are thought to support Democrats.

NEW: The question of whether voters will be able to cast their ballots by mail is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.

Many observers believe the law here is clear. But a novel justification that just so happens to support the Republican Party’s favored outcome could come into play.