Daily Docket — Friday, June 2

Over 50,000 Minnesotans just regained their right to vote. A new law went into effect yesterday that restores voting rights to individuals with a felony conviction immediately upon release from incarceration. This law was just one of several ways Minnesota, along with a handful of other Democratic-run states, improved voting access this year.

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Here are some recent updates.

Today, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected the Arizona Republican Party's lawsuit attempting to strike down the state's 1991 no-excuse mail-in voting law. Two lower courts previously dismissed the Arizona GOP's case. Arizona voters will continue to benefit from this robust and popular mail-in voting system.

A trial began today in two cases challenging Washington state’s legislative map drawn with 2020 census data. One lawsuit argues that the map is a racial gerrymander in violation of the 14th Amendment and the other lawsuit argues that the map “cracks,” or splits, Latino voters across several districts to dilute their voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Karl Rove and Bill Barr's legal group filed an amicus brief in an Ohio lawsuit supporting the language on a ballot proposal that would make it more difficult for voters to amend the Ohio constitution. The pro-voting groups that brought the lawsuit argue that the language is misleading.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a law requiring all voters to present photo identification before voting, implementing a state constitutional amendment approved by voters last November. Nebraska joins 19 other states requiring photo ID to vote.

Here’s what to expect coming up.

On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will release an order list for pending cases. We’re waiting to see if the Court decides to hear a redistricting case out of Ohio or a felony disenfranchisement case from Mississippi.

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A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today! We discussed Ohio Republicans’ latest anti-democratic act: a proposal to make it more difficult for voters to amend the state constitution. To make matters worse — they’re pushing an allegedly illegal August election to ram through the proposal before a pro-choice abortion measure. Listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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