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\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday, September 23\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBy Andrew Wyrich \u00b7 Newsletter Editor\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello, pro-democracy readers! President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a new court filing it will start using passport records as it hunts for noncitizens on voter registration rolls. Meanwhile, as we await a U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling on Missouri\u2019s gerrymandered map, the scope of the map\u2019s impact is becoming clear: 1.4 million people would change congressional districts. We break down the latest Missouri news below.\u00a0\nAlso, the DOJ is using delay tactics to stymie a lawsuit seeking information about how they may seize election materials in this fall\u2019s election.\n\u00a0\nAll that and more is on the docket today. Programming note: I\u2019m taking a few days off, so Sally will guide you through the news while I\u2019m out. I\u2019ll see you again next week!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Trump administration will use passport data for voter citizenship checks, DOJ court filing reveals\nThe move would dramatically expand the administration\u2019s efforts to marshal federal data as it attempts to exert control over elections. The information shared with unnamed federal agencies would include private identifiable data of everyone who has ever applied for a U.S. passport.\n\u27a4 More on the DOJ\u2019s filing\n\u00a0\nDOJ delay tactics aim to advance Trump\u2019s voter suppression schemes\nDemocrats sued the Trump administration this summer for any records detailing plans to seize ballots, voting machines or other election materials during the midterms. Over a month later, the DOJ hasn\u2019t formally responded to the suit. \nIn fact, the DOJ just asked a federal judge for more time to respond, which would be just a week before Election Day. \nLawyers for the Democratic National Committee allege the department may be attempting to run out the clock, potentially to avoid disclosing possible preparation to interfere in elections.\n\u27a4 Inside the DOJ\u2019s delay tactics\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our new bulletin board is live. Find ways you can volunteer, attend rallies,\u00a0write petitions and much more.\n \n \n \n \n EXPLORE THE BULLETIN BOARD\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The latest in Missouri: Republicans make final plea to Supreme Court to revive gerrymandered map while they admit 1 in 3 voters statewide will change districts\nMissouri referendum proponents asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling requiring the state to use its 2025 GOP congressional gerrymander in the November midterms.\nIn response, Missouri Republicans made their final plea to SCOTUS to revive the gerrymandered map. \nIn briefs to SCOTUS today, Missouri officials and Republican candidates for office who stand to benefit from the map highlighted the fact that more than 1.4 million people \u2014 or roughly one in three voters statewide \u2014 would shift from their original districts to the map\u2019s gerrymandered districts.\nRepublicans and GOP-led states are asking courts to push the Purcell principle in a consequential new direction. The principle is intended to limit federal court intervention creating disruption close to an election, but their argument has echoes of the dangerous independent state legislature theory, which would give state lawmakers nearly total power over election rules.\n\u27a4 Read the latest in the Missouri map battle\nExclusive: EAC commissioner communicated with Cleta Mitchell\u2019s group on proof of citizenship, emails show\nIf you don\u2019t read our weekly newsletter Eye on the Right \u2014 and if you don\u2019t, you should \u2014 you may have missed our exclusive report.\nNew emails shared with Democracy Docket revealed that one of the Election Assistance Commission\u2019s (EAC) then-commissioners last year communicated with a top anti-voting group to try to boost Trump\u2019s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.\n\u27a4 Read our exclusive report\n\u00a0\nPolls show majority of Americans concerned democracy is in trouble and losing trust in USPS\nThe overall survey findings, released today, suggest that Americans, particularly conservatives, are growing less satisfied with, and increasingly critical of, U.S. democratic institutions and processes.\nExperts warned that Trump\u2019s attack on mail voting would create confusion and mistrust in the U.S. Postal Service, and that appears to be the case. Another new poll found his baseless claims about widespread fraud has decreased trust in the agency, but mostly amongst Republicans.\n\u27a4 Why Americans are growing more concerned\nRNC sues New Jersey (again)\nThe Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a new federal lawsuit against the state, once again seeking voter roll records just two months after a judge dismissed its previous case for lack of standing.\n\u27a4 More on the lawsuit\nThe voter data battle Trump keeps losing\nFor the 25th consecutive time, Trump's DOJ lost a case attempting to access sensitive voter data. In a new video, Marc explains why free and fair elections are the biggest threat to Trump's authoritarian goals.\n\u27a4 Watch the full video\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Here we share noteworthy briefs on all things voting rights and democracy. Have a footnote for us? Send it\u00a0to newsletters@democracydocket.com.\nSeriously, what is Trump\u2019s obsession with renaming things? Members of his administration are reportedly circulating a list of government sites that could have his name on them. Among the most prominent places is the Ford Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. \nTrump\u2019s approval ratings are so low that Republicans running in the upcoming midterms have been scrubbing mentions of him off their campaign websites. Yikes! \nTime for some traffic problems in America? (Please get that joke, y\u2019all). Chris Christie, the former Republican New Jersey governor who became infamous for \u201cBridgegate\u201d and has since tried to rebrand himself as a Trump critic, is teasing a third presidential run. I\u2019m sure it will go as well as his other attempts.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Today's newsletter was edited by Sally Holtgrieve\u00a0and Dave O'Brien, and produced by Leila Fusenig. Learn more about our staff here.",
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