#electoral integrity

[tiggymalvern]

Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’

Bipartisan Election Assistance Commission maintains mail-voter registration form, among other duties

Donald Trump has terminated the remaining members of the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide just a few months before the midterm elections

[misterlemonztenth]

01-21-26 | Republicans for years have cast aspersions of failure and incompetence on Jimmy Carter. His pay-it-forward policies and his Progressive successes now illuminate the failed dishonesty of Republican policies. Nixon may have inaugurated Earth Day, but it was Carter who put solar panels on the White House roof, in the 1970s. Misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[ivygorgon]

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Congress must take swift action to resist this authoritarian push. Every member of Congress has a responsibility to safeguard the rule of law through legislation, oversight, and confirmations. The future of our nation relies on your commitment to upholding our democratic values and protecting human rights for all Americans.

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[presencenews]

What is Democratic Backsliding?

For explanatory purposes, democracy will be given a general and literal definition. In a broad sense, democracy is rule through power vested in the people. This power may be applied directly, such as in a participatory or direct democracy, where constituents have more control over policy priorities. Conversely, a pluralist or an elite democracy allows little direct interaction, instead allowing…

What is Democratic Backsliding?

[themadindian]

When Justice Meets Politics

A judge’s verdict pulled aside the curtain, and what we saw was not courtroom theatre but a governance crisis. The Delhi liquor-policy litigations exposed a bigger question: when premier probes and media narratives build a political story, what happens if courts later find the evidence shaky or the FIR itself flawed? If top agencies’ case files crumble, should we not demand answers from the investigators, the appointing authorities, and the political masters who benefit from perception?

This is not courtroom gossip. It’s a national sanity check. Did investigative agencies become instruments of political theatre? Did appointment and oversight structures allow selectivity in probe and prosecution? If a chief minister, deputy CM, and multiple elected leaders were effectively put out of public life while cases slogged on and courts later said the basis was weak, who pays for the democratic disruption? Do voters get a redo?

We must ask bluntly: where is judicial accountability when the system that names investigators and frames enquiries is itself politicised? And where is executive accountability when statecraft is substituted with spectacle? If institutions like CBI, ED, CAG, and courts are pillars, then checks and balances must be visible, not seasonal.

Call it satire if you want, but this is a serious civic test. 

Re-election?

Reinvestigation?

Transparency in appointments? 

Public debate on the rule of law? These aren’t rhetorical flourishes; they are practical demands. The people deserve clarity, not continuing theatre. Democracy cannot survive on smoke and subpoenas.

[tearsofrefugees]

ICE’s Growth Is Not Just an Immigration Issue — It’s a Threat to Democracy and Electoral Integrity

Tomorrow marks the 23rd anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Created in the aftermath of 9/11,