Democrats prep for potential election chaos and Lindsay Clancy attorney calls out juror: Morning Rundown
· World · NBC News
Democrats are mounting an unprecedented defensive operation ahead of the US midterm elections, mobilizing drafted legal briefs, litigation plans, and a voter push for early in-person ballots. The New Battlefield Project aims to train tens of thousands of "democracy protectors" to monitor polling places. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened a Washington gathering of more than three dozen legal experts, elected officials, and pro-democracy organizers to rehearse responses to election chaos scenarios. President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to green-light a new Postal Service rule governing mail-in ballots, with the first general election ballots due to go out the same day. The Missouri Supreme Court separately ruled that the state's redrawn congressional map cannot be used in this year's midterms, dealing a blow to Republicans.
Why it matters
The clash over ballot rules, court fights, and poll-watcher mobilization could shape who controls Congress and directly affect how every American voter's mail-in or in-person ballot is counted.
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