| 2026-07-22 | House Passes SAVE Act via Must-Pass NDAA 217-209 While the EAC That Would Administer It Is Headless
2 src House Republicans · Election Assistance Commission | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-30 | SAVE Act Dies in Senate After NDAA Attachment Fails; Citizenship-Proof Voting Laws Spread Across 9 States
2 src Mike Johnson · United States Senate · Brennan Center for Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-24 | Postmaster General Steiner Tells Congress USPS Will Withhold Mail Ballots From States That Refuse to Hand Over Voter Rolls
3 src State of California · State of Maryland | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-28 | Judge Carl Nichols (D.D.C.) Declines to Block Trump EO 14399 Mail-Ballot Provisions in Consolidated DSCC / NAACP / LULAC Challenge, Citing Lack of Implementation Harm
5 src Donald Trump · NAACP · Common Cause · Campaign Legal Center · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-07 | Tennessee Governor Signs GOP Gerrymander Dismantling Sole Majority-Black Congressional District, Dividing Memphis Three Ways
4 src Bill Lee · Tennessee General Assembly · Donald Trump · Democracy Docket | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-04 | DHS SAVE Cross-Match Voter Purge Blitz in Ohio, Texas, Idaho Ahead of 2026 Midterms; 95% False-Positive Rate Documented
2 src Department of Justice · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | 23 States Sue Trump Over Mail Voting Executive Order as Democratic AGs File 100th Lawsuit Against Administration
3 src Keith Ellison · Letitia James · Chuck Schumer · Hakeem Jeffries |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-31 | Trump Issues Executive Order Directing USPS to Refuse Delivery of Mail Ballots to Non-Approved Voters
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Postal Service |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-31 | Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Creation of National Verified Voter List and USPS Mail Ballot Control
6 src Donald Trump · DHS · Social Security Administration · USPS · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-08 | Trump Threatens Legislative Blockade Until Congress Passes SAVE America Voter ID Act
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | White House Circulates Draft Emergency Order to Seize Control of Federal Elections
5 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-14 | Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-11 | House Passes SAVE America Act Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote, Heads to Senate
7 src Donald Trump · Mike Lee · John Thune · House Republicans |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-30 | Federal Courts Issue Multiple Permanent Injunctions Blocking Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order
5 src U.S. District Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-29 | Dhillon Refocuses Civil Rights Division on Voter Fraud as 70% of Staff Exit
3 src Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-26 | Bondi Requests Minnesota Voter Rolls Including Public Assistance Data for ICE Enforcement
2 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Minnesota · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-16 | DOJ 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 |
| 2025-12-12 | DOJ 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 |
| 2025-10-20 | North Carolina GOP Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting to Eliminate Black Representative
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
2 src Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · California · Minnesota |
| reported |
| 2025-09-09 | DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database
3 src Department of Justice · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-08 | Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat
3 src Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting
3 src Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-25 | Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present
5 src Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-01 | DOJ Sends Demand Letters to 44 States for Unredacted Voter Rolls Including SSNs
5 src DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harmeet Dhillon · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-02 | Report: 34,000 Ohio ballots rejected in 2024 election after ID/process changes
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-31 | DOJ Drops Voting Rights Cases in Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama, Abandoning Federal Enforcement
6 src Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · Brad Raffensperger |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions
6 src Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-10-30 | Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Purge 1,600 Voters Days Before Election Despite Federal Law
3 src U.S. Supreme Court | | confirmed |
| 2024-10-22 | Georgia Supreme Court blocks State Election Board's hand-count rule
3 src Georgia State Election Board | | confirmed |
| 2024-07-09 | Brennan Center warns Georgia SB 189 spurs mass voter challenges
3 src Brennan Center for Justice · Georgia Legislature | | confirmed |
| 2021-05-13 | Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
4 src Heritage Action · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · Brian Kemp · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-03-25 | Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions
3 src Brian Kemp · American Legislative Exchange Council |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-01 | 440 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 |
| 2021-01-01 | ALEC 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 |
| 2020-08-13 | Trump Explicitly Admits Blocking USPS Funding to Restrict Mail Voting
4 src Donald Trump · Louis DeJoy · USPS |
| confirmed |
| 2020-08-13 | USPS Removes Mailboxes in Democratic Areas, Reverses After Public Outcry
4 src Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2020-08-01 | DeJoy Removes 711 Mail Sorting Machines During Mail-In Voting Surge
3 src Louis DeJoy · USPS · Donald Trump · Federal Courts |
| confirmed |
| 2019-12-13 | Conservative Lawsuit Forces Wisconsin to Purge 200,000 Voters Before 2020 Election
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2019-06-28 | Florida Legislature Enacts "Poll Tax" Requiring Payment of Fines to Undermine Amendment 4
4 src Ron DeSantis · Florida Legislature · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2018-10-01 | Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election
4 src Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-11 | Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor |
| confirmed |
| 2017-07-01 | Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Purges 560,000 Voters in Single Day Using "Exact Match" System
4 src Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger |
| confirmed |
| 2017-05-11 | Trump Creates Presidential Commission on Election Integrity to Investigate Nonexistent Fraud
5 src Donald Trump · Mike Pence |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities
4 src Texas Legislature · Federal Courts |
| confirmed |
| 2016-07-29 | Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law With "Surgical Precision" Ruling
4 src North Carolina General Assembly |
| confirmed |
| 2016-07-29 | North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans
3 src North Carolina General Assembly · NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
| confirmed |
| 2013-07-01 | North Carolina Passes "Monster" Voter Suppression Law Hours After Shelby County Decision
4 src North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision
3 src North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2013-01-01 | Kansas Implements Kris Kobach's Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law and Expands Interstate Crosscheck
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2012-11-06 | North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats
4 src Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 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 |
| 2009-09-01 | James O'Keefe's Deceptively Edited ACORN Videos Trigger Destruction of Voter Registration Organization
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2008-04-28 | Crawford v. Marion County: Supreme Court Upholds Strict Voter ID Laws Despite No Evidence of In-Person Fraud
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Republican National Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2008-01-01 | Hans 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 |
| 2007-06-25 | DOJ Voting Section Politicization: Bush Administration Weaponizes Civil Rights Division for Voter Suppression
3 src Alberto Gonzales · Hans von Spakovsky · Monica Goodling |
| confirmed |
| 2005-08-25 | Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters
3 src Hans von Spakovsky · Georgia Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2003-01-01 | State Policy Network Organizational Profile: Coordinating 66 State Think Tanks for Synchronized Corporate Capture
4 src State Policy Network · Bradley Foundation · DonorsTrust · Mackinac Center · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2002-10-29 | Help America Vote Act Signed: Provisional Ballots, Voter ID, and Electronic Voting Vulnerabilities
4 src George W. Bush · U.S. Election Assistance Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes
16 src State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican Governors |
| confirmed |
| 1982-11-01 | RNC Signs Consent Decree Banning Voter Intimidation After Armed Ballot Security Task Force
4 src Republican National Committee · Democratic National Committee | | confirmed |
| 1965-08-06 | Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance
6 src Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Richard Russell |
| confirmed |
| 1964-06-21 | Mississippi Burning Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner During Freedom Summer Voter Registration
3 src Ku Klux Klan · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 1964-01-23 | 24th Amendment Ratified Abolishing Poll Tax in Federal Elections After Decades of Voter Suppression
2 src U.S. Congress · State Legislatures | | confirmed |
| 1954-07-11 | White Citizens' Councils Pioneer Economic Collective Punishment in Yazoo City Mississippi | | |
| 1898-11-10 | Wilmington Coup d'État Overthrows Elected Biracial Government Through Mass Racial Violence | | |
| 1887-07-06 | Armed Militia Forces King Kalakaua to Sign "Bayonet Constitution," Stripping Hawaiian Sovereignty and Disenfranchising Native Hawaiians
4 src Sanford B. Dole |
| confirmed |