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#voting rights

The fundamental right to vote in democratic elections. Incidents involve voter suppression, restrictions on ballot access, purges of voter rolls, and policies designed to reduce electoral participation by targeted communities.

2 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Supreme Court Revives DHS 'SAVE' Voter-Citizenship Database Ruled Unlawful, Weeks Before the Midterms (September 2026)

DHS turned SAVE, a benefits-eligibility tool, into a mass voter-citizenship checker by pulling in Social Security numbers and other federal records. A federal judge found that unlawful and found that eligible citizens had their registrations cancelled after being wrongly flagged. Weeks before the midterms, and inside the 90-day pre-election period, the Supreme Court let DHS resume using the system while the appeal continues, over a dissent warning that the harm of disenfranchising 'even a few lawful voters' outweighs any harm to the government.

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Executive Order on Elections: Voter Suppression and Presidential Seizure of Election Administration

An executive order attempting unprecedented presidential control over federal elections — requiring proof of citizenship to register, decertifying voting machines in 39 states, restricting mail ballots, and demanding state voter files — struck down by three federal courts as unconstitutional but partially implemented by compliant states ahead of the 2026 midterms.