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Purcell is not a legal principle. It’s a double standard

At the heart of these cases is the Purcell principle — the idea that courts should avoid changing voting or election rules too close to an election.

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Florida Republicans urge court to greenlight gerrymander — and nix constitution’s gerrymandering ban

Florida Republicans urged the state's highest court to invalidate the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan redistricting and clear the way for the GOP's gerrymandered congressional map this year.

DOJ appeals Maine and Wisconsin voter roll losses, taking every defeat to appellate courts

The Justice Department appealed federal court losses in Maine and Wisconsin Friday, ensuring that every major defeat in its nationwide campaign to obtain state voter registration data is now in or headed to a federal appeals…

Trump admin approves plan to check voters’ citizenship using federal databases

The Trump administration has approved a plan to create a federal voter citizenship verification system for state voter rolls.