Try and Stop Us Digest — August 10, 2026

Democracy Docket: Senator Bill Cassidy cast the deciding vote for Blanche as attorney general — then admitted on national TV he's not confident Blanche will follow the Constitution in November. Asked on Face The Nation if he is “confident” that Blanche will uphold the Constitution in those elections, Cassidy said, “There's always this existential anxiety.” Blanche has refused to rule out sending armed federal agents to polling places. Former White House counsel Ty Cobb put it bluntly: “If the midterms don't go Trump's way this fall, is there any world in which Todd Blanche stands up to Trump if he's asked to find some fake evidence of voter fraud, or are we screwed now?”

AP / New York Times: Trump demanded the Senate cancel recess until the SAVE Act passed. Republicans left anyway, without the votes to pass it. Even a slimmer standalone voter ID bill failed on a party-line vote, with every Democrat opposed. Republicans are now planning to try again in September by attaching it to a $150 billion war-spending package. “We're in total agreement,” said Sen. Ron Johnson. “He was completely supportive of it.”

New York Times: Mike Rogers spent years attacking Trump's stolen-election claims. Now that he needs Trump's base to win a Senate seat, he's peddling the same lies himself. “Mike Rogers knows better,” said longtime Michigan elections director Christopher Thomas. “He knows full well no one stole the election from Trump in 2020.” Rogers's campaign hasn't provided a shred of evidence for his own claims of fraud in his 2024 election loss.

The Atlantic: Tina Peters was convicted of felonies for handing over voting equipment to an unauthorized operative. Now she's advising Trump on election policy. Peters is now pushing a plan to force hand-counting every federal ballot — a method experts say produces more errors, not fewer. “She didn't learn a thing,” said Weld County, Colorado clerk Carly Koppes. “Her stance on ‘remorse' is despicable.”

Anchorage Daily News: The measure would also eliminate campaign finance disclosure laws — meaning voters wouldn't know the next time a billionaire bankrolls a campaign like this one. Opponents still hold a fundraising edge, also fueled by out-of-state megadonors.

Arizona Daily Star: The 9th Circuit upheld a 2022 law making it a felony to “provide a mechanism for voting” to someone registered in another state. Voting rights groups warned it could criminalize a parent forwarding a ballot to their college-age kid. The law's author acknowledged he has “not gone to investigate” whether the problem he's targeting has ever actually happened.

Democracy Docket / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A new GOP-dominated committee is charged with recommending a switch to hand-marked paper ballots in time for Georgia's 2028 presidential primary. The push for a new voting system follows years of spurious attacks from President Donald Trump and his allies against touchscreen voting machines.

New York Times: “They're in huge trouble,” said immigration attorney Margaret Stock, citing a 1996 law that can make even unknowingly-registered noncitizens “permanently inadmissible.” One New Jersey man, weeks from a green card after 16 years of waiting, was placed in deportation proceedings days after Gov. Sherrill's disclosure — despite never having voted.

The Bulwark: GOP frontrunner Tom Tiffany voted to overturn the 2020 election and still won't say Trump lost. “Under Governor Tom Tiffany, I don't know if we would be able to count on him doing the right thing,” said state party chair Devin Remiker. The governor's signature is required to certify Wisconsin's U.S. Senate results.

NOTUS: D.C. wins fight against Trump administration over voter rolls

MS Now: ‘Beyond DISTURBED': A growing number of election deniers are running to oversee elections

NBC News: White House highlights 2020 Arizona voter roll hack in an attempt to back up election integrity claims

Alaska Beacon: Alaska Division of Elections erroneously removed more than 600 citizens from voter list

San Francisco Chronicle: Judge blocks MAGA voter restrictions in conservative California county

Democracy Docket: Missouri Republicans go judge shopping to run out clock on redistricting referendum lawsuit

KOLO 8: Washoe County inactivates thousands of voter registrations

WTAJ: Garrity on Trump's election fraud claims: “I'd rather look forward”