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With their new legislative power, Texas Democrats hope to expand voting rights — starting with the VOTER Protection Act, which would:

🗳️ Open online voter registration

🗳️ Add universal mail voting

🗳️ Repeal portions of voter suppression laws

However, roadblocks remain: https://t.co/PCLrzyWh1I

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🗳️ Trump’s attempts to subvert the midterm election were thwarted by the courts.

But ongoing litigation will determine whether he can enact his sweeping attacks on voting for 2028.

Here’s where things stand on 📬 mail voting, 📝 state citizenship lists and more: https://t.co/i13eyOvS8G

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Trump’s AG Todd Blanche says if anyone in the Trump administration is impeached, he will be their lawyer.

“Blanche is losing his marbles,” Marc Elias says.

They want you to stop paying attention. Follow us so you don’t miss a thing.

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NEW from Marc: The RNC sued to keep late-arriving Mississippi mail ballots from being counted. Marc Elias spent two years defending them, all the way to the Supreme Court.

Today, those ballots helped Scott Colom win a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi.

Read Marc’s analysis, free this week during the paywall drop: https://t.co/9bdwbphr5J

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The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico all published stories on Jim Jordan becoming the new House GOP leader.

None of them mentioned Jordan’s role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

But we have no issue spotlighting his election denialism: https://t.co/gKdJIS1spz

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Hinds County, Mississippi, home to Jackson, accepted just 817 out of 2,426 of affidavit ballots cast last week in the state’s midterm elections.

With Mississippi having one of the most restrictive election systems in the country, some say the rejections weren’t unexpected: https://t.co/gftTbw3CBL

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NEW: A U.S. Attorney escalated threats against Democratic congressional oversight in a letter to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

The top federal prosecutor demanded Blumenthal hand over oversight documents or face "significant legal consequences."

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🚨BREAKING: Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has conceded Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race to Democrat Scott Colom, per the Colom campaign.

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🚨BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, unseating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, CNN and others are projecting.

Colom will be the first Black senator to represent the state in over 140 years.

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NEW: Delaware voters sued to add another seat in the U.S. House, arguing they have “far less representation” per person than voters in any other state.

The lawsuit comes after Republicans kicked off a gerrymandering war to boost their odds of maintaining House control. https://t.co/wLSo6lgm5O

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LIVE: Scott Colom VICTORY in Mississippi https://t.co/GzF5g9tqCG

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⚠️ The White House threatened the incoming House Oversight chairman, saying Democrats’ investigations into the Trump administration might “cross the line into blatant criminality.”

But the threats are unlikely to dissuade Democrats: https://t.co/YmN7jgskRu

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Colom led by just 4,585 votes when the race was first called, according to AP.

Read the full story:
https://t.co/POpDAXy3SB

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🚨BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, unseating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, CNN and others are projecting.

Colom will be the first Black senator to represent the state in over 140 years.

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The scene on the ground in DeSoto County following news of Colom's projected win:

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NEW: Democrats’ historic midterm landslide left anti-voting activists and MAGA faithfuls split over the outcome of last week’s election.

While some are — gasp — concluding the results might possibly be legitimate, others are placing the blame for the loss on Trump. https://t.co/rXdqIwRJjU

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We’re in DeSoto County, Mississippi, where questions have swirled around the Election Commission’s transparency in counting ballots. We sat down with Lydia Grizzell of the ACLU of Mississippi to talk about what happened and why DeSoto has become a hot spot for political tension.

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🎥 NEW: Scott Colom is going to be the next U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and Marc Elias has signed on to protect his lead in the race.

Marc talks about the state’s history of fighting for voting rights and explains his own role in pushing for expanded ballot access👇
https://t.co/F4S6bGIgWW

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NEW: Craig Trainor, a lawyer who played a key role in Trump’s attack on DEI, has been appointed to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.

He will take over the role from Harmeet Dhillon, who spearheaded the division’s pivot from protecting to attacking voting rights. https://t.co/mEihj5mnDa

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NEW: Democrat Scott Colom’s lead in Mississippi’s Senate race widened after Democratic stronghold Hinds County accepted and counted hundreds of affidavit ballots.

The newly counted votes bring him closer to becoming the state’s first Black senator in over 140 years. https://t.co/nJMhuV6RiI