By Invalidating 3 Million Voters, Courts Greenlight Trump and Republican Power Grabs to Try to Rig the Election

VIRGINIA – In response to the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down Virginians’ voting to redraw the state’s congressional map, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement: “Virginians voted to level the playing field against Republican efforts to avoid accountability at the ballot box. And now a court is silencing and invalidating the votes of 3 million Virginians. Once again, the courts have blunted the will of the people, and are giving a green light to President Trump and Republicans’ unprecedented power grab in the…

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Louisiana Primary Postponement Shows Republicans Colluding in Broad Daylight to Try to Rig the Election

WASHINGTON– In response to Louisiana Republicans moving to postpone the state primary elections to redraw maps in light of yesterday’s Supreme Court of the United States’ decision on Louisiana v. Callais striking down a landmark provision of the Voting Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination in voting maps, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Joel Payne released the following statement: “Republicans are colluding in broad daylight to try to rig the election and silence Black voters. The MAGA court made their decision to gut voting rights just in the nick of time for…

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J. D. Vance Is Definitely Against Foreign Election Interference

U.S. presidential campaigns usually get started at the Iowa State Fair or some other exalted arena of Americana. J. D. Vance chose Budapest. The vice president visited Hungary’s capital today to align himself in the most visible way possible with the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who is fighting to hold on to power in parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday. The U.S. government’s support for Orbán had already been clear. Donald Trump had issued a “Complete and Total Endorsement” on social media. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the most credible threat…

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Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations

In mid-February, as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fighting to keep her job, she held an election-security event at a Homeland Security Investigations field office in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the past, she said, the state had been an “absolute disaster on elections,” and ensuring the security of election equipment was her responsibility. She also urged Congress to pass President Trump’s voter-ID bill. The message was less surprising than the location. HSI, the agency’s investigative branch, devotes most of its efforts to going after transnational drug cartels and…

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MoveOn Endorses CA Prop 50, Dem Efforts to Stop Election Rigging

CALIFORNIA – California MoveOn members voted overwhelmingly to endorse Prop 50, California’s Election Rigging Response Act. As President Trump and Republicans make an unprecedented power grab, it’s crucial for Democratic-led states like California to ensure a level playing field in the 2026 midterm elections without an unfair advantage for Republicans.  In addition to their endorsement, MoveOn Political Action will also be spending over six figures in the state to organize around Prop 50 and mobilize the organization’s over 700,000 California members to turn out to vote for it in the…

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‘Not in Good Faith’: VA. Democratic Party Abusing Law To Protect Spanberger Ahead of Election, Plaintiff Says

After a judge ordered Virginia Democrat governor nominee Abigail Spanberger to give sworn answers in a defamation case against the Virginia Democratic Party, the Democrats hired a new lawyer in what the plaintiff says is a transparent effort to cocoon Spanberger from political peril ahead of the November election. Thomas Speciale, a retired Army intelligence officer and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate, alleges that the party concocted a devious scheme enlisting the House of Delegates speaker to serve as its lawyer, thereby delaying the case and preventing Spanberger from being…

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