Daily Docket — Thursday, June 8

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court dropped its decision in the landmark voting rights case Allen v. Milligan. In a big win for voters, the Court struck down Alabama’s congressional map and upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama will now be required to draw a new congressional map with a second majority-Black district, giving Black voters the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice. [link removed]

Here’s more analysis about today’s decision.

Today’s opinion was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by the Court’s three liberal justices. Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the opinion for all but one part. The majority upheld Section 2 of the VRA and its current application. Read our breakdown of the opinion here. [link removed]

Alabama won’t be the only state affected by today’s decision. Aside from Allen, there are currently 30 ongoing redistricting lawsuits in 10 states that stand to be impacted. These are the cases to watch now. [link removed]

Here are some other updates.

A federal court in Pennsylvania denied Republican requests to dismiss lawsuits challenging ballot rules in Pennsylvania. Voting groups argue that the state's failure to count undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots violates federal law. These cases will move forward. [link removed]

States United Democracy Center published a report about bills in state legislatures that politicize, criminalize and interfere with election administration. So far in 2023, nearly 200 bills have been introduced in 38 states. [link removed]

Yesterday, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed a bill establishing 14 days of in-person early voting into law. [link removed]

Also yesterday, the Democratic majority of the Fulton County Commission rejected the nomination of a serial voter challenger to the county election board. [link removed]

Can’t get enough news? You can always find more details about these updates on our News page. [link removed]

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