Marc Elias

Marc Elias

‼️Election administrators in Maricopa County, Arizona ordered staff to grant federal agents sweeping, unmonitored access to election facilities — including instructions not to record their actions — according to newly released emails. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday blocked Indiana’s ban on using student IDs for voter identification, a victory that will make it easier for students and young voters to cast ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Indiana law banning the use of a student ID for voting. A huge victory my law firm, our clients Count US IN and Women4Change Indiana, and the voters of Indiana. Another reminder that when we fight we win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/indian...

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Marc Elias

NEW EPISODE: In this episode I explain the lessons we should learn from Orban's defeat, and how we can form a resilient opposition movement to defeat Trump in 2026 and beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjVm...

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I started Democracy Docket with a simple idea: Be fiercely independent and unapologetically pro-democracy, period. No corporate investors, no compromises, no both sides. You can support by subscribing today. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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Marc Elias

I am proud to say that Democracy Docket does not publish on Substack. www.democracydocket.com

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An election-denying Republican member of Congress is targeting New York’s voter registration process — demanding records and threatening legal action over familiar, unproven narratives about voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking: Active Voting Rights Cases: 158 Active Redistricting Cases: 45 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31 Support its work by subscribing now: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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Marc Elias

Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won. Tomorrow, I offer my analysis of what this means for the midterms. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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As of today it is 85 cases, but my message is the same. When we fight we win! www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-ha...

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We’ve been paying even closer attention than usual this week to Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights division chief who, reports suggest, could soon be in line for a promotion. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

Elias law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases across 37 states and DC.

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My team has won the first 4 of these cases. DOJ has lost all 4. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/thes...

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Just a reminder that for all their big talk, DOJ is 0-4 in lawsuits to obtain state voter files. My law firm is 4-0.😎 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a pro-democracy voice in a sea of both sides coverage. Since then the legacy media has gotten worse. Subscribe now to support its work. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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One of the key reports used to justify the re-opening of an investigation into Fulton County’s 2020 election results “provides no coherent theory or evidence of fraud,” according to a review by conservatives at the nonpartisan nonprofit States United Democracy Center.

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The Washington Post is beyond repair. We need to build independent pro-democracy media that doesn't equate Donald Trump's pathological lies with Joe Biden. You can start with subscribing to Democracy Docket. I built it to have only one side -- the truth. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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NEW EPISODE: Sen. Chris Van Hollen and I discuss Donald Trump's unauthorized war with Iran, the politicization of the Department of Justice, and Republican efforts to restrict voting access through the SAVE Act. youtu.be/0l71fKjBZMk?...

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Marc Elias

Election deniers. Conspiracy theorists. Anti-voting activists. Big Lie true believers. By the time we hold our next presidential vote, they could be running our elections — including in some key swing states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Now is the time to confront what Trump is saying, not sanitize it. To take him literally and seriously. To stand tall and not back away. I built Democracy Docket to expose attacks on free and fair elections not sugarcoat them. Support its work. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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The U.S. Supreme Court is going to “kill” Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), said former Vice President Kamala Harris today at the National Action Network (NAN) convention in New York. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

A big thanks to @ianbassin.bsky.social for the shoutout for Democracy Docket!

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Nearly half of Americans (49%) worry that the Trump administration will seize ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

A new lawsuit filed Friday seeks to force the DOJ to divulge communications between senior officials and election deniers during the department’s ongoing efforts to obtain state voter rolls and relitigate President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

Thank you!

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Democracy by the numbers: Active Voting Rights Cases: 157 Active Redistricting Cases: 50 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 83 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31 Stay informed about everything happening to voting and elections in court by subscribing to Democracy Docket now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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