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  The SAVE Act Is Dead, Fulton County Is Fighting Back; So, Of Course, Trump Wants To Seize Control Of The Election Here's everything you need to know after a day of fast moving developments Joyce Vance Feb 27 The SAVE Act appears to be dead, at least for now. Trump wanted his party to enact the SAVE Act because it was supposed to make it more difficult for citizens he thinks are Democrats to vote: Its strict ID requirements would have impacted poor people, elderly people, students, married women, and others. Although Trump pushed hard for its passage, most recently during the State of the Union address, enough Senate Republicans defected to make passage a possibility too remote to pursue. Republicans attempted a “talking filibuster” to get the bill across the finish line, but the procedural unity that would have required failed to materialize. Per  Punchbowl News , North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, Utah’s John Curtis, Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, and...

    Friday, March 28 Want to know the easiest way to support Democracy Docket? Take a few seconds to  forward this email to a friend  so that they can stay informed on the fight for our democracy in the courts. Trump’s ‘conspiracy-driven policy making’ could throw elections into chaos President Donald Trump’s  recent  anti-voting executive order could throw elections into chaos and let him put a federal elections agency in the service of his political goals, voting experts tell Democracy Docket. Forcing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to  decertify  an array of election equipment could paralyze elections, particularly in the 11 red and blue states and D.C. that have laws requiring their elections to be carried out with EAC-certified equipment. Court clears way for Trump to fire two independent federal board members A three-judge panel  cleared   the way for Trump to fire members of independent federal boards. The panel sta...