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#Electoral-Manipulation

Events indexed under #Electoral-Manipulation — 69 entries in the record.

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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-10-26Ninth Circuit Dismisses DOJ Emergency Appeal Over California Ballots 2-1, Calling the Emergency Self-Constructed 1 src
U.S. Department of Justice
confirmed
2026-10-21Himes and Warner Say Classified Report Shows Russia Opposes Pro-Ukraine Candidates, Prepare for Trump to Claim Foreign Meddling 2 src
Mark Warner · Jay Clayton · Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-10-20Arlington County, Virginia Sues to Bar Armed Federal Agents From Polling Places Under 18 U.S.C. 592 1 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-10-20DSCC, DCCC and DGA Sue Trump, DOJ and DHS in D.D.C. to Stop Voter-Roll Demands and Threats to Election Officials 14 src
DSCC · Democratic Governors Association · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2026-10-20Kagan Tells Catholic University Law Audience the Court Has "Blinded Itself" to the Effects of Its Election Rulings, Citing Campaign-Finance Money as "a Nightmare" 2 src
Elena Kagan
reported
2026-10-20Russian Operation Storm-1516 Seeds AI Deepfake Videos on X Fabricating Abuse Claim Against Texas Senate Candidate Talarico 9 src
James Talarico · Graphika · X
confirmed
2026-10-19DOJ Seeks a TRO in United States v. California With HSI and USCIS Declarations on the List of Just Over 20,000 Voters 6 src
U.S. Department of Justice · R. Trent McCotter · Homeland Security Investigations · Shirley Weber
confirmed
2026-10-19Operation Protect the Vote: Federal Prosecutors Charge 28 Lawful Permanent Residents in California and Arrest 11; DOJ Says All Are on Its List of More Than 20,000 8 src
U.S. Department of Justice · R. Trent McCotter · Homeland Security Investigations
confirmed
2026-10-19ProPublica: DHS Political Appointees Asked CISA to Secretly Acquire and Hack a Voting Machine, Former Officials Say 1 src
Department of Homeland Security · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency · Department of Government Efficiency · White House
confirmed
2026-10-12HSI Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C.-Area Home on a DOJ-Secured Warrant 22 Days Before the Midterms; No Charges Filed 3 src
Ilhan Omar · Homeland Security Investigations · U.S. Department of Justice · Tom Homan · +1
confirmed
2026-10-12NYT: Musk Has Given $276 Million to Republican Groups Since July, About $366 Million This Cycle 1 src
Elon Musk · America PAC · Ken Paxton
confirmed
2026-09-17Politico Reports Democratic Consultants Privately Telling Battleground Candidates Not to Go Hard on AI 1 src
Leading the Future · Abdul El-Sayed · Pramila Jayapal · Anthropic · +1
confirmed
2026-09-16Leading the Future Announces $2 Million in General-Election Ads for Four Republican Senate Candidates 2 src
Leading the Future · Darline Graham · Greg Brockman · Andreessen Horowitz
confirmed
2026-08-28DHS Reported to Have Hired Election-Denial Activist Karen DiSalvo; the Letter Democracy Docket Tied to Her Is Mullin's Aug. 24 Letter to the White House Transparency Task Force 1 src
Heather Honey · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-08-28SCOTUS Lifts the Block on Trump's Mail-Voting Order as Premature; the USPS Rule Takes Effect, North Carolina Complies First, and Talwani Blocks It Again 1 src
Indira Talwani · Ketanji Brown Jackson · U.S. Postal Service · North Carolina State Board of Elections
confirmed
2026-08-28Thousands Rally at the Lincoln Memorial for 'Defend the Vote' on the March on Washington's 63rd Anniversary 3 srcconfirmed
2026-08-26HSI Solicits Private Contractor to Deliver Voter Registration and Voter History Files 3 src
Homeland Security Investigations · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-08-22Judge Howell Calls ICE's June 2027 FOIA Timeline 'an Unacceptable Delay' in DNC Polling-Place Case 3 src
Beryl Howell · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Democratic National Committee · Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2026-08-20Both Dakotas Put 60% Constitutional-Amendment Thresholds on November 2026 Ballots, Targeting Citizen Initiatives 1 srcconfirmed
2026-08-20ProPublica Reports DOJ Pressed U.S. Attorneys for Voter-Fraud Cases as Lutnick Claims 24,000 Noncitizens Voted 3 src
Department of Justice · Howard Lutnick · U.S. Census Bureau · ProPublica
confirmed
2026-08-19Crypto and AI Super PACs Amass $321M in 2026 Cycle; Fairshake Network Spends Against Progressive Democrats 2 src
Coinbase · Andreessen Horowitz · Leading the Future
confirmed
2026-08-15Disputed: Six Republican States Were Not Scheduling August Special Sessions After Callais, Their Maps Were Enacted Earlier 3 src
Texas Legislature · North Carolina General Assembly · Florida Legislature · Tennessee General Assembly · +2
disputed
2026-08-12Fifth Circuit Panel Restores Nine Texas SB 1 Voting Provisions on Standing Grounds Weeks Before Midterms 3 src
Ken Paxton · Texas Legislature
confirmed
2026-08-11Trump Declines to Rule Out National Security Emergency to Set 2026 Midterm Voting Rules 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-08-06ACLU Suit Against DOJ National Voter Database Proceeds as 12 States Comply Voluntarily, Courts Dismiss 5 State Challenges 3 src
Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · Common Cause
confirmed
2026-08-04Campaign Legal Center Documents EagleAI Rebrands ELLY and Psephos Being Pitched to State Election Officials 4 src
Campaign Legal Center · Cleta Mitchell · Georgia State Election Board · American Oversight
confirmed
2026-08-04DOJ Voter-Roll Suits Against Colorado, D.C. Both Dismissed — Colorado Ruling Forecloses Refiling 2 src
U.S. Department of Justice
confirmed
2026-08-03RNC Demands Michigan Poll Workers' Home Addresses and Medical Records — Benson Partially Denies 3 src
Republican National Committee · Jocelyn Benson
confirmed
2026-07-23House Passes FY2027 NDAA With SAVE America Act Attached, 216-212, While the EAC Has No Commissioners 6 src
House Republicans · Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2026-07-16Trump Primetime Address Pushes SAVE America Act on Unsupported Claims 4 src
Donald Trump · United States Postal Service
reported
2026-07-14ICE Posts Notice to Sole-Source $125M Data Contract to Thomson Reuters Special Services, Drops the Sole-Source Plan, Then Awards It After One Offer 5 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · Department of Homeland Security
reported
2026-07-10Trump Fires Election Assistance Commission's Two Democratic Commissioners, Hicks and Hovland, Ten Days After Humphrey's Executor Overturned; Republican McCormick Allowed to Resign 4 src
Donald Trump · Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2026-07-09CRS Reports the Election Assistance Commission Has No Commissioners: Palmer Left April 30, the Other Three on July 9 3 src
Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2026-07-09Trump Fires Top Election Assistance Commission Staff Ahead of 2026 Midterms 1 src
Donald Trump · Election Assistance Commission · Miles Taylor
disputed
2026-07-07DOJ Threatens Criminal Prosecution of Election Officials in All 50 States, Deploys Monitors to Democratic Jurisdictions 2 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2026-06-30Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Limits on Party Coordinated Spending in NRSC v. FEC, Overruling Colorado II 1 src
Brett Kavanaugh · Elena Kagan · National Republican Senatorial Committee · Federal Election Commission · +1
reported
2026-01-16DOJ Voter Data Seizure Lawsuits Expand to 24 States Plus DC, Targeting Sensitive Personal Information 4 src
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Brennan Center for Justice
confirmed
2025-12-18DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists 4 src
Department of Justice · Tennessee · Brennan Center for Justice
confirmed
2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses 5 src
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · American Civil Liberties Union · League of Women Voters · +2
reported
2025-09-19Trump Appointee George Cook Named Acting Census Director in Unprecedented Triple Role 2 src
U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Department of Commerce · Donald Trump
reported
2025-07-25Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present 5 src
Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats
confirmed
2025-07-15Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats 4 src
Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature
confirmed
2021-05-13Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation 4 src
Heritage Action · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · Brian Kemp · +3
confirmed
2021-03-25Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions 3 src
Brian Kemp · American Legislative Exchange Council
confirmed
2021-01-06Ginni Thomas Attends "Stop the Steal" Rally Before Capitol Attack, CNP Board Member at Insurrection 4 src
Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action · +4
confirmed
2021-01-01440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · Republican state legislators · +1
confirmed
2021-01-01ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie" 2 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1
confirmed
2020-12-14Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Says on Fox & Friends That an 'Alternate Slate of Electors in the Contested States' Is Voting Today 2 src
Stephen Miller
confirmed
2019-06-27Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Beyond Federal Court Jurisdiction 4 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Robert Rucho · Common Cause
confirmed
2018-11-27Georgia Purges 1.4 Million Voters Under Exact Match System 3 src
Brian Kemp · ACLU of Georgia
confirmed
2018-10-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election 4 src
Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger
confirmed
2016-01-01Cambridge Analytica Deploys Harvested Facebook Data for Trump Campaign Electoral Manipulation 6 src
Cambridge Analytica · Trump Campaign · Alexander Nix · Steve Bannon · +2
confirmed
2015-12-01Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign 3 src
The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · Facebook · +1
confirmed
2014-06-01SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation 5 src
Aleksandr Kogan · Cambridge Analytica · Alexander Nix
confirmed
2013-06-25ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision 3 src
North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
2013-06-25Shelby County Decision Guts Voting Rights Act Preclearance 5 src
Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · John Roberts
confirmed
2012-11-06North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats 4 src
Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly
confirmed
2011-07-01Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process 4 src
Republican Party
confirmed
2011-01-0134 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network
confirmed
2010-11-02Republicans Gain Record 680 State Legislative Seats, Securing REDMAP Objectives 4 src
Republican Party
confirmed
2010-01-01Republican State Leadership Committee Launches REDMAP Gerrymandering Project 4 src
Karl Rove
confirmed
2009-07-17ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation
confirmed
2008-01-01Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development 4 src
Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Council for National Policy · +1
confirmed
2000-11-08James Baker Coordinates Bush Supreme Court Election Strategy from Day One 4 src
George W. Bush · Republican Party
confirmed
1979-06-01Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare 3 src
Paul Weyrich · Jerry Falwell · Richard Viguerie · Howard Phillips · +1
confirmed
1972-09-01CREEP Dirty Tricks Campaign Exposed: Segretti Orchestrates Political Sabotage Including Canuck Letter 7 src
Edmund Muskie
confirmed
1800-12-03Thomas Jefferson Wins Presidency Through Three-Fifths Compromise Electoral Advantage 3 src
Thomas Jefferson · John Adams
confirmed
1787-09-17Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections 5 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison
confirmed
1787-07-12Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power 3 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison · Southern state delegates
confirmed