Marc Elias
National election litigator; Founder of Democracy Docket. Active commentary on litigation strategy, courts, and legal operations of large‑scale impact cases.
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Senator Whitehouse Exposes Republican SAVE America Voter Suppression Bill
NEW EPISODE: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins me to expose the SAVE America Act — a Republican voter suppression bill that would hand disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of American citizens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TVaZYRF6f8
DOJ's Voter Data Request Faces Credibility Crisis
The Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to force states to hand over sensitive voter registration data is colliding with a new revelation that could undermine its cases — and raise serious questions about whether DOJ was fully candid in federal court....
Protect Red-State Voters From Suppression Schemes Too
We focus a lot on what DOJ is trying to force on blue states but what about the red states? What about red counties who are willing to collaborate with Trump's voter suppression schemes? We need to protect their voters...
Democracy Docket Tracks 160+ Election Cases, 49 SAVE Articles
This month alone, Democracy Docket has published 49 articles on the SAVE Act — on top of tracking more than 160 voting and election cases nationwide. This is why I built it in 2020 and hope you subscribe today. https://bit.ly/4r9A45t
GOP Pushes SAVE America Act via Reconciliation Amid DHS Shutdown
NEW: Republican senators reportedly sold the White House on a plan Monday night to pass the SAVE America Act through a reconciliation package after enacting a funding bill for most of the DHS, which has been shut down for over...
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Conservative Court Threatens to Nullify Millions of Votes
Here is where we stand in 2026: We are defending a Mississippi law from attacks by the RNC in the U.S. Supreme Court and there is a chance that a conservative majority might rule in a way that millions...
SCOTUS to Hear Watson V. RNC Case, Follow Democracy Docket
SCOTUS will hear oral argument in Watson v RNC at 10am. Democracy Docket will be your best source for full coverage. https://www.democracydocket.com
MAGA Republicans Secure Full Senate Debate on SAVE Act
This was the week when MAGA Republicans finally got what they’d been demanding for so long: A full Senate debate on the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump’s monster voter suppression bill. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/this-week-at-democracy-docket-save-takes-over-the-senate-and-dojs-latest-epic-blunder/
Built a Better Democracy Newsletter After Media Failure
When legacy media failed democracy coverage, I didn't complain — I built something better. Democracy Docket: 400,000 free subscribers. 60,000 paying members. Built for readers, not corporate owners. We're growing. Join us. https://bit.ly/4r9A45t
RNC and Virginia GOP Sue Over 2021 Map Change
NEW: The Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Virginia, and Virginia voters filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the legislature’s authority to alter the 2021 congressional map approved by the state’s supreme court. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/virginia-congressional-redistricting-challenge-rnc-ii/
Trump Pushes Harsher Voting Bill After SAVE Act Promise
Trump was promised the SAVE Act in 2024 and expected Republicans to sacrifice their own political futures to enact it. He remains insistent today that they do the same with an even more suppressive bill. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-save-act-started-as-a-political-stunt-now-its-a-real-threat/
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Over 400 Voting-Related Lawsuits Currently Active Nationwide
Here is what the Democracy Docket team is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 167 Active Redistricting Cases: 50 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 91 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32 Support their work by subscribing today. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
Smartmatic Claims DOJ Weaponized to Fuel Trump Election Lies
The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-prosecuted-election-tech-firm-to-fuel-2020-election-lies/
Trump Pushes Massive Voter Suppression Bill; Democracy Docket Tracks Battle
President Donald Trump and his allies are doing everything they can — and we mean everything — to somehow get their monster voter suppression bill through Congress. And no one is covering this epic fight as closely as Democracy Docket....
Law Firm Tackles 90 Election Cases in 45 States
My law firm is litigating 90 voting and election cases in 45 states. We are currently fighting for voters in: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME,...
Law Firm Defends Voter Data in 30-State DOJ Battle
The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases. We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important...
GOP Rule Change Leaves Texas Voters Lost at Polls
Texans in two counties struggled to find their polling locations for primary voting Tuesday after a GOP-driven change. The secretary of state’s office failed to provide accurate information. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-ominous-sign-texas-republicans-changed-voting-rules-then-blocked-efforts-to-protect-voters/
DOJ Pushes Rule to Shield Attorneys From Bar Probes
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to short-circuit state bar ethics investigations into department attorneys through a new and unexpected proposed rule. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-attorneys-state-bar-investigations-newrule/
Big Law’s Trump Capitulation Leads to Humiliation, DOJ Relents
My newsletter tomorrow will explain how the Big Law firms that capitulated to Trump have now been humiliated after the handful of firms that fought won and now DOJ has given up. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now to support pro-democracy independent...
Trump Officials Refuse to Affirm States' Election Authority
Trump administration officials declined to affirm states’ authority to run elections during a private meeting with state election chiefs Wednesday, according to an election official who was on the call. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/states-asked-the-trump-admin-to-affirm-they-not-the-feds-run-elections-they-were-met-with-silence/
Trump Declares “War on Fraud” In SOTU, Broadening Rhetoric
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced a “war on fraud,” a term that the administration has used in increasingly broad and deceptive ways. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-fraud-war-jd-vance-doj-assistant-attorney-general/
Trump Pushes Ultra‑restrictive Voting Bill, Inflates Its Impact
President Donald Trump demanded that Congress pass the most restrictive anti-voting bill in US history, the SAVE America Act. But he also exaggerated the bill’s provisions, saying it would impose even more severe restrictions on voting than it actually would....
Elias Law Group Files
Elias Law Group is litigating 85 voting and election cases in 40 states. This is the largest litigation docket we have ever carried as a firm and I expect new cases to be filed this week. We are not done...
Republicans Revive Fringe Theory to Shield Gerrymanders
Facing mounting setbacks to their nationwide gerrymanders, Republicans are dusting off a fringe legal theory to block voter referendums, court-ordered maps and other democratic safeguards that threaten their edge. https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/to-protect-gerrymanders-republicans-try-to-revive-dangerous-theory/
SAVE Act Cosponsors Misinterpret REAL ID Registration Requirement
Even some of the SAVE America Act’s cosponsors are misguided about the bill’s identification requirements for registration, mistakenly believing a state driver’s license compliant with the 2005 REAL ID Act would be sufficient. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/even-election-officials-who-like-voter-id-have-issues-with-the-save-america-act/
County Challenges FBI Raid, Demands Return of 2020 Election Records
NEW: The filing, which shreds the logic behind the raid, marks the county’s latest effort to reclaim the materials seized by the FBI during the raid, including the original — and only — copy of Fulton County’s 2020 election records....
Over 300 Voting-Related Lawsuits Currently Active Nationwide
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking for you: Active Voting Rights Cases: 165 Active Redistricting Cases: 49 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24 Stay informed. Subscribe today. https://bit.ly/4r9A45t
Elias's Warnings Proved Right; Act Against Trump
"I’ve wanted Marc Elias to be wrong for seven years, or six years, for as long as he’s been coming on my show. I have wanted his warnings to be wrong, but every single one of them has been either...
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