Trump's Plot To Rig The Midterm Election Is In Shambles
A key piece of Trump's plot to rig the midterm election was to use the DOJ to get access to state voter registration lists, but the DOJ is now 0 for 16 after losing in Connecticut.
Of all of the warped elements of Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterm election, one of the most depraved is the administration’s attempt to use Title III of the Civil Rights Acts, which was intended to protect voters from discrimination to force states to turn over their voter rolls so that the administration can compile a national voter list, which it would use to threaten states to purge voters or lose funding.
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The problem is that every single court that the DOJ has tried to use the Title III argument in has ruled against it.
The reasons have varied, but the case in Connecticut brought up a fascinating point about what a voter list is and who controls it.
In their Motion to Dismiss, the Common Cause Intervenors principally argue that
Connecticut’s SVRL does not fall within the scope of Title III because it is a document created by the Secretary (ostensibly using the CVRS), as opposed to a record which “comes into [her] possession.” As such, the Common Cause Intervenors contend that the SVRL is not subject to the preservation mandate nor the disclosure mandate of Title III.
The defendants argued that state voter registration lists aren’t subject to Title III, because they are documents that the state creates. They are not documents that exists and come into the possession of the state.
The Trump administration sees it differently.
