2026 Midterm Threat Assessment

Federal Election Interference Risk Map

Tracking DOJ lawsuits, FBI actions, Project 2025 implementation, and competitive House races. Based on Brennan Center, DOJ press releases, NPR, and news reporting through July 30, 2026.

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States Sued

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Complied

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DOJ Court Record

voter-data lawsuits

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DOJ has lost all 18 district-court rulings in its voter-data campaign — CA, OR, MI, MA, RI, AZ, WI, ME, MD, PA, NH, NY, WV, NM, VA, CT, KY, NJ — and the 6th Circuit affirmed Michigan's win on appeal (Jun 24). DOJ has appealed losses to 8 federal circuits. At least 48 states + D.C. received DOJ data demands (per Brennan Center). No court has yet ruled for DOJ. Kansas's reported compliance is disputed by the state.

1,000+

CISA Staff Lost

election security gutted

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CISA — which helped local officials protect voting systems from hacking — has lost over 1,000 employees since early 2025. Trump's FY27 budget would eliminate CISA's election security program entirely, cutting its remaining 14 election security employees. In July, DHS began conditioning what election-security help remains on states running voter rolls through the SAVE database.

Courts Fighting Back

Supreme Court — Trump v. California (PENDING)

DOJ's emergency application asks SCOTUS to stay the injunction and allow full implementation of the mail-voting EO before Nov 3 — USPS mail-ballot gatekeeping and the DHS/SSA citizenship database. States' response due Aug 3, 4 p.m. The biggest open threat to the midterms now sits at the Court.

Filed Jul 27, 2026 · SCOTUSblog

1st Circuit — Mail-Voting EO Stays Blocked

Divided panel refused to stay Judge Talwani's injunction (Jun 25) blocking the EO's core for 2026, warning implementation "would sow confusion and threaten disenfranchisement of many eligible voters." Talwani also ruled Section 3 unconstitutional (Jul 23). The D.C. Circuit separately held a parallel challenge premature (Jul 28) — a circuit split as SCOTUS weighs the stay.

Jul 25, 2026 · CBS News · Votebeat

New Jersey — 18th Straight DOJ Loss

Judge Quraishi dismissed DOJ's suit for New Jersey's voter database, holding the Civil Rights Act doesn't cover it. DOJ is now 0 for 18 in district courts: CA, OR, MI, MA, RI, AZ, WI, ME, MD, PA, NH, NY, WV, NM, VA, CT, KY, NJ. No court has ruled for DOJ.

Jul 29, 2026 · Democracy Docket

6th Circuit — First Appellate Ruling Goes Against DOJ

Affirmed Michigan's dismissal: neither the NVRA nor HAVA compels states to hand over unredacted voter rolls with partial SSNs. Kentucky's district court followed the precedent Jul 23.

Jun 24, 2026 · Votebeat

Federal Appeals — DOJ Escalates to 8 Circuits

After losing everywhere, DOJ appealed its CT, NY, and NM losses (Jul 23), spreading the voter-data fight across the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Circuits. The 9th Circuit heard the CA/OR appeals May 19 — no ruling yet; Arizona's appeal is frozen pending the outcome.

Jul 23, 2026 · Democracy Docket

Supreme Court — Watson v. RNC: Grace Periods Upheld

5-4 ruling (Barrett writing) holds states may count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after. Postmark grace periods in 14+ states — and military/overseas windows in ~30 — survive for 2026. The feared invalidation did not happen.

Jun 29, 2026 · Votebeat

Supreme Court — Callais Guts VRA Section 2

6-3 ruling struck Louisiana's second majority-Black district and held VRA compliance cannot justify race-conscious redistricting. Kagan in dissent: Section 2 is now "all but a dead letter." Triggered the Southern redistricting wave — LA, TN, FL, AL new maps; TX's mid-decade map separately upheld Apr 27.

Apr 29, 2026 · SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court — Alabama Map Reinstated on Shadow Docket

6-3 unsigned stay reinstated the map a three-judge panel had blocked as "intentionally racially discriminatory" — in use for the Aug 11 special primaries. First major shadow-docket application of Callais.

Jun 2, 2026 · Alabama Reflector

Tennessee — Memphis-Splitting Map Survives

Three-judge panel denied a preliminary injunction against the 9-0 map that splits the state's only majority-Black district across three districts. The map runs in 2026; the merits case continues.

Jul 23, 2026 · NBC News

Louisiana — Election Suspension Upheld

State judges denied every TRO against Gov. Landry's EO 26-038 suspending the May 16 House primaries mid-election — "the governor has the authority to suspend the upcoming election." Races reset: primaries Nov 3, general Dec 12.

May 1, 2026 · Democracy Docket

Georgia — Poll-Worker Subpoena Quashed · Ballots Stay with DOJ

Judge Ray (Trump appointee) quashed DOJ's grand jury subpoena for every Fulton 2020 election worker's personal information as an "arbitrary fishing expedition" (Jul 7). Earlier, Judge Boulee let DOJ keep the 700+ seized boxes while finding the FBI affidavit "misleading" (May 6).

Jul 7, 2026 · ABC News

Spring Dismissal Wave — RI, AZ, WI, ME, MD, PA, NH

Seven more voter-data cases dismissed between Apr 17 and Jun 29 (per the UW State Democracy Research Initiative tracker, corroborated by the Brennan Center's tracker). July added NY, WV, NM, VA, CT, KY, and NJ.

Apr–Jul 2026 · UW Tracker · Brennan Center

Federal — 23 States Sue Over Grant Conditions

Illinois-led coalition (23 states + D.C., plus the governors of KY and PA) challenges DHS's conditioning of $1.5B in Homeland Security grants on hand-marked ballots, manual audits, and SAVE voter-roll screening as unconstitutional coercion. At least $148M at stake.

Filed Jul 23, 2026 · Votebeat

Federal — National Voter Database Challenge Pending

Common Cause/LWV/ACLU suit to block DOJ's "surveil-and-purge" database (filed Apr 21) awaits a ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment. A separate LWV challenge to the mail-voting EO survived a motion to dismiss (Jun 18).

Apr 21, 2026 · Democracy Docket

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Latest Developments

Jul 29

New Jersey dismissed — DOJ now 0 for 18 in court — Judge Quraishi ruled the Civil Rights Act doesn't authorize access to the state's voter database. DOJ has lost every district-court ruling in its voter-data campaign New

Jul 28

D.C. Circuit declines to block mail-voting EO — separate challenge ruled premature until USPS actually implements the order, while noting "serious questions" about its lawfulness. EO's midterm status now split across circuits New

Jul 27

Trump asks Supreme Court to unleash mail-voting EO — emergency application to stay the injunction and allow full implementation before Nov 3. States' response due Aug 3. First SCOTUS test of the anti-voting executive orders New

Jul 25

1st Circuit keeps mail-voting EO blocked — divided panel refuses DOJ's stay request, warning implementation "would sow confusion and threaten disenfranchisement of many eligible voters" New

Jul 24

23 states sue over DHS grant conditions — Illinois-led coalition (plus D.C. and the governors of KY and PA) challenges DHS tying $1.5B in security grants to hand-marked ballots, manual audits, and SAVE voter-roll screening. At least $148M at stake New

Jul 24

New Jersey refuses DOJ's 5-day database demand — after Gov. Sherrill disclosed a years-old software error registered ~6,600 noncitizens (~400 voted), DOJ demanded the full voter database; NJ cited state law and refused New

Jul 23

Judge rules mail-voting EO Section 3 unconstitutional — Talwani refuses to dismiss the 23-state challenge, finding disenfranchisement "plausibly likely and imminent" for November New

Jul 23

Tennessee's Memphis-splitting map survives — three-judge federal panel denies preliminary injunction; the 9-0 GOP map that eliminated the state's only majority-Black district stays for 2026 New

Jul 23

Kentucky case dismissed; DOJ appeals losses to 8 circuits — Judge Boom follows the 6th Circuit's Michigan precedent. Same day, DOJ appeals its CT, NY, and NM losses — the voter-data fight now spans 8 federal appeals courts New

Jul 21

Arizona primary held under federal monitors — first statewide election of the pressure campaign; civil-rights groups trained hundreds of observers. Election-denier Alex Kolodin wins the GOP nomination for Secretary of State New

Jul 17

DHS ties election-security help to voter purges — Secretary Mullin conditions CISA election resources on states running rolls through the SAVE database, claims 250,000+ noncitizens registered in CA, NJ, NV, PA with no methodology, and threatens "criminal accountability" for refusing officials

Jul 16

Trump primetime address on "election security" — claims China acquired 220M voter files and that 18 states' voter data was "bought, stolen, or hacked"; orders FBI to reopen the debunked Muskegon, MI case; directs DHS to push states to purge rolls; demands SAVE America Act. Fact-checkers find no evidence for the central claims

Jul 16

D.C. National Guard deployment extended through Jan 2029 — ~5,000 troops from 20+ states will span the 2026 midterms and the next presidential transition. Constitutional scholars: "That should send up major red flags"

Jul 13

Georgia rebuffs DOJ threat letter — state general counsel defends citizenship-verification practices as deadline passes. PA's top election official follows Jul 15. No state is known to have capitulated to the criminal-threat letters

Jul 10

New York case dismissed — DOJ's 12th straight loss — Judge D'Agostino: a voter registration list "is not a record or paper" states must produce under federal law

Jul 9

Trump fires remaining EAC commissioners — Hicks, Hovland, and McCormick removed from the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission months before the midterms. Same day, Georgia's State Election Board adopts new tabulation rules over the AG's litigation warning

Jul 8

260 FBI personnel on the Fulton County case — internal memo shows agents pulled from field offices nationwide to review 700+ seized boxes with a Jul 17 deadline. ProPublica: FBI weighed AI review of ~150,000 seized ballot signatures

Jul 7

DOJ threatens election officials in all 50 states with prosecution — Dhillon letters warn officials could face criminal charges for "knowingly retaining noncitizens" on rolls; 5-day deadline. UT's Republican Lt. Gov.: "truly bizarre... sprinkled throughout with threats of criminal prosecution"

Jul 7

Federal election monitors headed to 15 jurisdictions in 6 states — AZ, MA, MI, MN, NH, VA primaries, mostly Democratic strongholds. Dhillon: "Stay tuned... an even more expanded program" for the general

Jul 7

Judge quashes DOJ subpoena for Fulton election workers' identities — Trump-appointed Judge Ray calls the demand for every 2020 election worker's name, address, and phone number an "arbitrary fishing expedition"

Jul 2

New Jersey signs first post-Callais state Voting Rights Act — Gov. Sherrill signs the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act, the 11th state VRA. MD (SB 255) and VT (SB 298) enacted state VRAs earlier this session

Jul 1

Florida domestic-terrorist designation law takes effect — DeSantis names CAIR, antifa, and others as intended targets; CAIR sues; state tells court no designations until FDLE regulations are finalized

Jun 29

SCOTUS upholds mail-ballot grace periods 5-4 — Watson v. RNC: states may count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after. Barrett writes majority. Postmark deadlines in 14+ states and military/overseas grace periods survive intact

Jun 29

PA and NH cases dismissed — DOJ's 10th (Jun 27) and 11th (Jun 29) district-court losses in the voter-data campaign

Jun 26

Nebraska Supreme Court declares voter-data case moot — the state already handed DOJ the records in February, so there is nothing left to decide. Data stays in federal hands

Jun 25

Judge blocks core of Trump's mail-voting EO — Talwani enjoins the DHS/SSA citizenship database and USPS mail-ballot gatekeeping for the 2026 elections: "No law enacted by Congress delegates authority to control mail-in voting to USPS"

Jun 24

6th Circuit affirms Michigan's win — DOJ's first appellate ruling in the voter-data campaign goes against it: neither NVRA nor HAVA compels states to hand over unredacted rolls with partial SSNs

Jun 18

Maryland case dismissed — ninth DOJ district-court loss (per the UW State Democracy tracker)

Jun 14

DHS Secretary walks back ICE-at-polls assurance — Mullin says ICE "would only be there if a threat" arises, conditioning the categorical Feb 25 pledge that ICE would not be at polling places. Nine secretaries of state still have no written guarantee

Jun 13

ICE obtained individual voter files from county offices — Homeland Security Investigations got voter records directly from Webb County, TX and Forsyth County, NC, including which elections specific people voted in. Both counties complied

Jun 4

Senate rejects SAVE America Act 48-50 — Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, and Tillis join all Democrats against the reconciliation gambit. Second failed attempt; Sen. Lee later moves to cancel August recess to force another vote

Jun 2

SCOTUS reinstates Alabama's blocked map 6-3 — shadow-docket stay of the panel ruling that found the map "intentionally racially discriminatory." The map runs in the Aug 11 special primaries. Iowa signs SF 2218 the same day: annual SAVE-database checks of every registered voter

May 29

Louisiana enacts new map eliminating a majority-Black district — SB 121 wipes out Rep. Cleo Fields' district; House primaries reset to Nov 3, general Dec 12. Fields later announces he won't seek reelection

May 26

Alabama map blocked; South Carolina redraw fails — three-judge panel finds AL's map intentionally discriminatory (SCOTUS later stays the ruling); SC's state Senate kills the Trump-backed mid-decade map

May 21

Wisconsin and Maine cases dismissed — DOJ's 7th and 8th district-court losses (per the UW State Democracy tracker)

May 19

9th Circuit hears CA/OR voter-data appeals — panel appears skeptical of DOJ; Arizona's appeal frozen pending the outcome. No ruling as of late July

May 15

FBI interviews Wisconsin election officials in 2020 probe — agents contact Elections Commission officials, Milwaukee election staff and police, and Madison's clerk over Trump's false Milwaukee ballot claims. Same week, SCOTUS rejects VA Democrats' redistricting appeal

May 12

Missouri's 7-1 map stays for 2026 — state Supreme Court rules the citizen referendum doesn't suspend the map; voters decide its fate on the Nov 3 ballot

May 8

Virginia Supreme Court strikes redistricting amendment — kills the Democrats' mid-decade counter-redraw; the existing 6-5 map stands for 2026

May 7

Tennessee splits Memphis in 3-day special session — 9-0 GOP map divides the state's only majority-Black district across three districts; Gov. Lee signs same day. Candidates get 8 days to re-qualify

May 6

DOJ keeps the seized Fulton County ballots — Judge Boulee denies the county's motion for return even while finding the FBI affidavit contained "misleading" statements and calling the seizure "unprecedented"

May 4

Florida signs post-Callais map targeting 4 Democrats — includes the Black-opportunity FL-20; FL Supreme Court later (Jun 11) lets it stand for 2026. SCOTUS expedites its Callais judgment the same day

Apr 30

Louisiana suspends its House primaries mid-election — Gov. Landry's EO 26-038 halts the May 16 primaries two days before early voting, with 100k+ ballots already cast or mailed. First gubernatorial suspension of an active congressional election in U.S. history. State judges deny every TRO

Apr 29

SCOTUS guts VRA Section 2 in Louisiana v. Callais — 6-3 ruling strikes Louisiana's second majority-Black district and holds VRA compliance can't justify race-conscious maps. Kagan: Section 2 is now "all but a dead letter." The Southern redistricting wave begins within days

Apr 28

Arizona case dismissed — sixth DOJ voter-data loss (per the UW State Democracy tracker); Rhode Island's case was dismissed Apr 17

Apr 27

SCOTUS upholds Texas's mid-decade map — reverses the lower court; the 2025 redraw worth ~5 Republican seats stands for 2026

Apr 21

Voting-rights groups sue to block national voter database — Common Cause, LWV, and ACLU challenge DOJ's plan to run collected state voter files against DHS's SAVE system as a "surveil-and-purge" database

Apr 20

DOJ demands Wayne County's 2024 Detroit ballots — Dhillon letter seeks 2024 election records; Michigan officials call it "absurd and baseless." Wayne County says it doesn't possess the requested ballots

Apr 14

Virginia joins the National Popular Vote compact — Gov. Spanberger signs HB 965; the compact reaches 222 of the 270 electoral votes needed to take effect

Apr 6

NH strips student IDs from voter identification — Gov. Ayotte signs HB 323; government-issued ID now required, hitting college-town voters hardest

Apr 1

DOJ sues Idaho — the 30th state — total now 30 states + D.C. sued for voter registration data. SoS McGrane had declined to hand over the full file

Apr 12

Senate enters recess with SAVE Act stalled — Extended debate failed to produce 60 votes. Bill remains on the calendar but no vote scheduled before recess ends

Apr 11

Democracy Forward sues DOJ for withholding election records — FOIA lawsuit seeking documents related to DOJ voter data collection program and internal communications about legal strategy

Apr 3

Key DOJ privacy officer resigns amid voter data collection — Kilian Kagle, responsible for reviewing privacy implications of data programs, resigned as DOJ expanded its collection of voter records from states

Apr 9

Massachusetts voter data case dismissed — Judge Leo Sorokin ruled DOJ failed to state why it needed the records. Fifth nationwide dismissal of DOJ voter data lawsuits

Apr 6

DeSantis signs domestic terrorist designation bill — HB 1471 lets state officials label nonprofits as domestic terrorist organizations without criminal conviction. Criminalizes membership, bars state funding, expels university students. Takes effect July 1

Apr 3

24 states sue Trump over election control executive order — Coalition led by MA AG Campbell and PA Gov. Shapiro challenges EO directing USPS to maintain national voter eligibility list and refuse to deliver mail ballots to anyone not on it. Called it a "shocking and unprecedented power grab"

Apr 1

DeSantis signs Florida SAVE Act — HB 991 requires proof of citizenship for voter registration. Removes student IDs as valid voter ID. Two federal lawsuits filed within minutes by LWV, NAACP, ACLU coalitions. Takes effect Jan 1, 2027

Mar 31

Trump signs executive order to federalize elections — Directs DHS and SSA to create national voter eligibility database. Orders USPS to refuse mail ballots to anyone not on federal list. Threatens states with criminal prosecution and funding cuts for noncompliance. Trump voted by mail himself days earlier

Mar 27

Oklahoma settles with DOJ on voter data — First Republican-led state to reverse course after being sued. Agreed to provide voter data to DOJ

Mar 20

DOJ files emergency motions in voter data cases — First urgency-based claims in the litigation track, asserting 2026 midterm validity is at risk without court rulings. Michigan formally rejected the emergency arguments

Mar 17

SAVE Act clears Senate procedural vote 51-48 — First floor action on the bill. Extended debate underway despite lack of filibuster-proof majority

Mar 15

SAVE Act Senate vote this week — Thune scheduled floor vote week of Mar 16 despite lacking 60 votes. Trump threatened to block all other legislation until it passes. Expected to fail on filibuster but signals escalating pressure

Mar 14

6th Circuit partially expedites Michigan appeal — Court grants DOJ's request for faster briefing schedule; briefs due late March and mid-April. Michigan case positioned to potentially be first voter data case to reach Supreme Court

Mar 11

Sen. Cornyn flips on filibuster — Texas Republican reverses decades of support, now backs "whatever changes to Senate rules may prove necessary" to pass SAVE Act. Driven by Paxton primary pressure and pursuit of Trump endorsement

Mar 10

DNC sues Trump admin over federal agents at polls — 11 FOIA requests to DOJ, DHS, and DoD about plans to deploy armed agents or troops to polling places went unanswered for 5 months. White House press secretary refused to guarantee ICE won't be at polling locations

Mar 9

FBI subpoenas Arizona 2020 election records — Grand jury subpoena issued to Arizona Senate for records from the Maricopa County Cyber Ninjas audit. Senate President Petersen (R) complied. AZ AG Mayes: "This is not a legitimate law enforcement inquiry." Expands 2020 investigation beyond Georgia

Mar 3

18 former DOJ attorneys file amicus brief in Illinois — bipartisan group argues Trump administration lacks legal authority to demand voter data. Have filed similar briefs across most ongoing lawsuits

Mar 3

Minnesota court hears motion to dismiss DOJ voter data lawsuit — judge weighing state's legal challenge as DOJ strategy faces mounting court setbacks

Feb 26

Draft emergency EO circulating to declare national emergency and seize control of elections — would ban mail-in ballots and voting machines based on debunked China conspiracy theory. Legal experts call it "blatantly unconstitutional"

Feb 26

DOJ sues 5 more states for voter data — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey. Total now 29 states + D.C. Three are Republican-governed; Kentucky's Republican SoS also refused

Feb 25

DOJ appeals 3 dismissed cases — Oregon and California to 9th Circuit, Michigan to 6th Circuit. Lost in trial courts, now escalating to federal appeals courts

Feb 25

Thune kills SAVE Act talking filibuster — at least 4 GOP senators refuse to support, including co-sponsors Tillis and Curtis. Bill will face 60-vote threshold, unlikely to pass

Feb 25

FBI call with 50 state election officials — DHS confirms ICE will NOT be at polling places for 2026. But federal agencies refuse to affirm states' constitutional authority over elections. Election conspiracy theorist Heather Honey (now DHS deputy) urged states to use SAVE database. Oregon SoS called meeting "bluster" with "not a lot of facts"

Feb 25

Fulton County asks Trump-appointed judge to force FBI agent to testify about misleading affidavit used to justify election raid. County alleges FBI omitted findings that debunked its own claims

Feb 24

Trump demands SAVE Act at State of the Union — calls out Thune by name ("We have to stop it, John"), falsely claims "cheating is rampant," demands ban on mail-in ballots. Exaggerates bill's provisions beyond what it contains

Feb 23

Federal panel upholds Utah court-ordered redistricting map — GOP challenge denied. Map giving Democrats shot at House seat stands for 2026

Feb 20

CREW wins FOIA — reveals DOJ had no evidence of noncitizen voting when it began suing states for voter data. Undercuts stated justification for entire campaign

Feb 17

New Mexico passes SB 264 — criminalizes deploying federal troops at polling places (fourth-degree felony). Also bans altering voter qualifications beyond state law. Sent to governor

Feb 16

Missouri Republican SoS Hoskins refuses DOJ voter data demands — joins bipartisan resistance from WV, NH, PA. Fourth Republican official to refuse

Feb 13

Ohio hands over 8 million voter records to DOJ — Republican SoS Frank LaRose transfers statewide voter data including SSNs and driver's license numbers. Ohio Democrats call it capitulation. Total complied states now 13 New

Feb 13

Ohio voter purge lawsuit filed — LWV and CAIR challenge SB 293 requiring monthly citizenship checks using flawed databases. Law allows cancellations without notice, even during NVRA quiet period

Feb 13

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) supports SAVE Act but opposes eliminating filibuster — Republicans claim 50+ votes but still short of 60. Collins backed revised version dropping per-vote citizenship proof requirement

Feb 12

Nebraska hands over voter data to DOJ — SoS Evnen transfers names, DOBs, and partial SSNs after state Supreme Court denies injunction. Court will still hear full case March 31. Evnen pledges state will not remove voters solely on DOJ recommendations

Feb 12

West Virginia's Republican Secretary of State rejects DOJ voter data demands — Kris Warner: "Just not gonna happen." Cites state law, joins bipartisan resistance from NH, PA, and MO

Feb 11

House passes SAVE America Act 218-213 — requires proof of citizenship to register, photo ID to vote, and monthly voter roll purges via DHS. Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) first GOP senator to oppose, citing federalization of elections. Faces 60-vote threshold in Senate

Feb 10

Trump-appointed judge dismisses Michigan voter data case — 3rd court to reject DOJ on the merits (0 for 3)

Feb 10

Virginia becomes the 24th state sued by DOJ for voter data

Feb 10

Senate Majority Leader Thune rejects eliminating filibuster for SAVE Act — says Republicans lack votes for nuclear option. One Democrat (Rep. Cuellar, TX) voted yes in House

Feb 7

Nebraska judge dismisses lawsuit blocking voter data transfer to DOJ — Common Cause appealing. Supreme Court denies injunction but will hear case March 31

Feb 6

FBI invites all 50 state election officials to mysterious February 25 call on 'midterm preparations' — Nevada Secretary of State calls it 'beyond crazy'

Feb 3

Trump calls on Republicans to "nationalize the voting" in at least 15 places — Constitution delegates elections to states

Jan 28

FBI raids Fulton County, GA election offices — seizes 2020 ballots and voter rolls. DNI Gabbard on-site, called Trump during raid

Jan 30

Judge Kollar-Kotelly permanently blocks two more provisions of Trump election EO — agencies cannot assess citizenship before offering voter registration; military/overseas voters cannot be required to show proof of citizenship

Jan 25

AG Bondi demands Minnesota voter rolls as condition for pulling ICE — Secretary of State calls it "an apparent ransom"

Jan 23

Federal judge dismisses Georgia voter data lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds — DOJ filed in wrong court, can refile

Jan 2026

Courts dismiss California and Oregon cases on the merits — CA judge calls centralization effort "alarming"

Dec 2025

Second wave of lawsuits — DOJ sues WI, IL, GA, DC, DE, MD, NM, RI, VT, WA, and more for voter data

Sept 2025

First wave — DOJ sues CA, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR, PA for refusing to hand over voter rolls with SSNs

2025

CISA gutted — 1,000+ election security staff fired, transferred, or resigned. FBI banned from countering election disinfo