Daily Docket — Wednesday, June 14

On Monday, Arizona Republicans sent a bill permitting hand counting ballots to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D). It'll likely be only the latest election bill to be vetoed by the governor.
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Here are some updates you may have missed.

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm civil and voting rights attorney Dale Ho to a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill that will once again make illegal voting a felony. Civil and voting rights advocates warn that the bill would do nothing to deter illegal voting and cause unnecessary incarcerations.
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Department of Justice (DOJ) officials will meet with Democratic leaders in Tarrant County, Texas to discuss a letter they wrote asking the DOJ to investigate reports of voter intimidation and harassment in the area.
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On Friday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed a law to bring Illinois closer to ending the state’s prison gerrymandering, the redistricting practice of counting individuals where they are incarcerated, rather than where they call home.
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In a bait-and-switch, Louisiana Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to their congressional map in full. Despite previously arguing that their case presents the same question regarding Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as Allen v. Milligan, Louisiana Republicans are now arguing that the “facts alone also suitably distinguish the Court’s [Allen] decision” from the Louisiana case. [link removed]
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Here’s what to expect coming up.

Tomorrow, at 10 a.m EST, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue opinions in previously argued cases. We could get a decision in Moore v. Harper, the landmark case about the fringe independent state legislature theory.
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