Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muutwnv2cs2uThe Justice Department’s (DOJ) various court filings defending the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) new voting restrictions remain mum on when important components of the rule necessary to comply will become available, even as states start sending out ballots. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/major-pieces-of-post-offices-mail-voting-rule-missing-while-justice-department-presses-supreme-court-to-move-it-forward/06 Sep 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muutwnv2cs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muuocnlw3k2rDemocracy Docket has no venture capitalists or corporate investors. It relies on you to help it meet its mission. This weekend Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld06 Sep 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuocnlw3k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muuicckgj22tElias Law Group is currently litigating 89 voting and election cases in 42 states plus the District of Columbia: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI.06 Sep 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuicckgj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muuh3iw3ws2vNEW: More than 51 million mail ballots will be sent to voters in the coming weeks just from the District of Columbia and the two dozen states that are challenging the Trump administration’s 11th-hour attack on mail voting. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/states-challenging-trumps-mail-voting-rule-must-mail-more-than-51-million-ballots-by-late-october/06 Sep 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuh3iw3ws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muuftyjhpc2iNEW EPISODE: I sat down with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of democracy under the second Trump administration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LSbOK0TTg&t06 Sep 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuftyjhpc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muudcwwzgs2s🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s block on the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) new rules restricting mail voting. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-usps-mail-voting-restrictions/06 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muudcwwzgs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3musm52wy3c2dIf you want to know how you can help me, this weekend you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals. My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld05 Sep 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3musm52wy3c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muskfpefh22xI had no idea this was happening. As always, my advice is to vote! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muskfpefh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mushxrmyfc2yThe Trump administration pushed back on a federal judge’s finding that states cannot realistically comply with sweeping new USPS mail voting restrictions before the midterms, telling an appeals court that election officials’ concerns are overstated. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-says-states-can-handle-last-minute-mail-voting-overhaul-asks-appeals-court-to-narrow-block/05 Sep 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mushxrmyfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mus4fhidks27This weekend, you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals. My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld05 Sep 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus4fhidks27https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3murwjdjwu22oIn 2020, I took a risk. https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/everyone-told-me-not-to-start-democracy-docket https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/everyone-told-me-not-to-start-democracy-docket?ecid=ACsprvuiw3XdneAfRnGgkhZrKbtNOVnICeLvFBYy2nBUMmxuhcP0fR5LFWxDDaIMyso7AQ_pmzGU&utm_campaign=44972973-Memorial%20Day%20Weekend%20Sale&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_l5d7tbBAoWZDr9XVLaIoFhQhrqdZDpnW0_v4mQjq73eVNhyP6_Uoitwu2r0GU_6sNRQRogj_N8F5XI9VX8bo6mbTPUQ&_hsmi=437552426&utm_content=437552637&utm_source=hs_email05 Sep 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3murwjdjwu22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3murvpulvrs22🚨NEW: The Trump administration urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to let the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) impose sweeping new mail ballot restrictions for the midterms. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-asks-judge-to-let-usps-mail-voting-restrictions-take-effect-despite-another-courts-block/05 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3murvpulvrs22https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mursotdyds25🚨BREAKING: Missouri Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Friday night to deny voters a voice and restore the GOP’s congressional gerrymander for the midterms. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-republicans-ask-supreme-court-to-restore-gerrymander-for-midterms/05 Sep 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mursotdyds25https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3murpdsrkps2g🚨BREAKING: Missouri Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Friday night aimed at reviving the state’s congressional gerrymander for the midterms. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-gop-lawsuit-aims-to-restore-missouris-gerrymandered-map/05 Sep 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3murpdsrkps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3murovkofsc2i🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Friday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to immediately revive the use of an immigration database to check voter rolls, leaving in place a ruling that shut down a major piece of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-latest-win-for-voters-appeals-court-rejects-bid-to-revive-dhs-voter-purge-database-for-now/05 Sep 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3murovkofsc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muqaz74zns2hThe Department of Justice filed an appeal to the First Circuit Friday as it tries to put President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order into effect before Election Day. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-immediately-asks-first-circuit-to-revive-anti-mail-voting-order-halted-by-judge/05 Sep 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqaz74zns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3muq6wjqczk2k🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts just barred the U.S. Postal Service from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, I break it down in this special live episode. https://www.youtube.com/live/KTHJMGYPgg4?si=yEb1MNMLYAeBRicp05 Sep 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq6wjqczk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupy5ayrhk2j🚨BREAKING: I am going live on YouTube at 6:15 ET to discuss the blockbuster ruling from the Massachusetts Federal Court BLOCKING the USPS rule that would cripple mail-in voting. I will explain what just happened, the stakes, and what to expect next. https://www.youtube.com/live/KTHJMGYPgg404 Sep 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupy5ayrhk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupx6gvb3s26🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Friday from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, if carried out, could leave vast numbers of people unable to cast a ballot by mail this fall. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-major-win-for-voters-judge-blocks-trumps-mail-voting-restrictions-for-midterms/04 Sep 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupx6gvb3s26https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupx4z5tyk26🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Friday from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, if carried out, could leave vast numbers of people unable to cast a ballot by mail this fall. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-major-win-for-voters-judge-blocks-trumps-mail-voting-restrictions-for-midterms/04 Sep 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupx4z5tyk26https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupw4ts5ok2dDemocrats requested a federal court in Washington, D.C., expedite their bid to block President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order, citing a new level of urgency as the first ballots in the 2026 general election go out Friday. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-ask-court-to-fast-track-bid-to-block-trump-order-as-1st-ballots-head-to-voters/04 Sep 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupw4ts5ok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupm6wpbk22mThe Trump administration has repeatedly gone to court this week seeking to revive its sweeping mail ballot restrictions before the midterms. But it still has not directly denied some of the most alarming allegations about how the USPS plans to enforce them. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-still-hasnt-denied-usps-whistleblowers-claims/04 Sep 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupm6wpbk22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupdj2o4a22v🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office seven different subpoenas concerning voters over the past three months, the office confirmed to Democracy Docket Friday. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fbi-subpoenas-nevada-election-chiefs-office-for-voter-related-information/04 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupdj2o4a22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupbsolfkc2tMy Latest: I am doing things a bit differently today. I often write to you after an important voting decision with an analysis of the outcome. Today, I can write in advance of an expected victory for voting rights in federal court in Massachusetts. https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/another-court-loss-for-trump-is-coming.-so-is-the-next-fight.-/04 Sep 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupbsolfkc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mupaac4y5226Seeing a lot of liberal arts majors and pundits who are suddenly constitutional law experts opine on the legality of the next steps in Missouri congressional elections. My advice is to ignore them and maybe pay attention to what the lawyers who actually litigate redistricting cases have to say.04 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupaac4y5226https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mup3psbd7s2pHere is what Democracy Docket is tracking today. Total Active Cases: 203 Active Voting Rights Cases: 163 Active Redistricting Cases: 40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com04 Sep 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup3psbd7s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3munviiektc2eIt has been a hard few days in the fight for democracy. If you want to support the Democracy Docket team, the best thing you can do is to subscribe now. There are free and paid options. It is not on Substack or ActBlue and it doesn't sell your information. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld04 Sep 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3munviiektc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3munovgdjwc2k🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-denies-right-wing-groups-bid-to-force-michigan-proof-of-citizenship-measure-on-november-ballot/04 Sep 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3munovgdjwc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3munms4fxr22k🚨BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court blocked state officials from using Republicans’ new congressional gerrymander in this year’s midterms, after a grueling, nearly year-long battle by voters to have the final say on a map drawn up at Donald Trump’s request. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-supreme-court-greenlights-redistricting-referendum-for-november-ballot/03 Sep 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:pjiafkey2cokiupsxpswqlk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3munms4fxr22k