Daily Docket — Monday, June 5

Here are some updates you may have missed.

• Today, former Vice President Mike Pence (R) filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president. An official announcement is expected Wednesday in Iowa.

• The California Senate is considering a bill that would change how counties handle contracts and plans for voting systems. The bill would require counties to have a new voting system contract and transition plan in place, requirements that respond directly to Shasta County’s decision to cancel a contract with Dominion Voting Systems earlier this year.

• On May 26, the Nevada Republican Party filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada and Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar (D) challenging a 2021 law that switched the state from a caucus system to a primary system for nominating presidential candidates.

ICYMI, listen to our latest episode of Defending Democracy. In the episode that dropped last Friday, Marc and Paige 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 is placed on the ballot.

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