Democracy Forward
Washington DC legal nonprofit pursuing FOIA and accountability litigation over voter data.
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What DOJ records is Democracy Forward seeking after the voter-data dismissal?
Timeline for Democracy Forward
Mentioned in: Trump's voting order blocked for good
US Midterms 2026Mentioned in: Common Cause sues over DOJ voter database
US Midterms 2026Democracy Forward files FOIA against DOJ
US Midterms 2026What is Democracy Forward suing the DOJ for in 2026?
Is Democracy Forward the same as Democracy Docket?
Who runs Democracy Forward?
Background
Democracy Forward is a Washington DC legal nonprofit whose FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice, filed around 15 April 2026 seeking Civil Rights Division records on voter-data operations and election-denial communications, sits within a wider wave of 2026 litigation testing the limits of federal power over elections.
Founded in 2017, the organisation pursues government accountability through FOIA suits and administrative challenges rather than direct electoral litigation, distinguishing it from allied groups such as Democracy Docket and the ACLU's voting rights programme. Skye Perryman has led it as president and CEO since 2022, having previously worked at the EPA and as a federal appellate litigator.
The DOJ voter-data fight has since widened: Common Cause filed a separate federal suit in April challenging the DOJ's national voter-database architecture outright, and a Boston judge converted her injunction of Trump's 31 March voting executive order into a permanent block in June, ruling the president has no authority over how states run elections. Democracy Forward's FOIA suit is the transparency track running alongside those direct legal challenges: it aims to expose whether the Civil Rights Division's election-Integrity work was politically directed, evidence that could feed the broader litigation if it surfaces.