Daily Docket — Thursday, July 20
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Here are some updates from today.
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In Wisconsin, pro-voting groups filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, arguing that some absentee ballot rules, including witness requirements and a ban on drop boxes, violate the state constitution.
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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s arbitrary voting rights restoration scheme that denies voting rights to individuals convicted of particular felonies unless they successfully petition for the restoration of their rights. The court affirmed that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring certain claims.
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Texas will leave the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a voter data organization states use to maintain voter rolls, Votebeat reports. Multiple Republican-led states have left the group this year due to misinformation and election conspiracies.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a sweeping U.S. Supreme Court ethics bill. The legislation would implement an enforceable code of conduct on the Court and strengthen disclosure and recusal requirements. The bill now heads to the full Senate.
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Here’s what to expect in the courts tomorrow.
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Tomorrow is the deadline for Alabama to pass a remedial map following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Allen v. Milligan. Lawmakers have been directed to create a map with a second majority-Black congressional district. So far, they have not complied.
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There will be oral argument in a state-level lawsuit challenging Alaska’s refusal to address ballot curing problems that disenfranchised thousands of voters in the special primary election held in June. The defendants are asking the court to dismiss the case.
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In Idaho, there will be a hearing in a state-level lawsuit challenging House Bill 124, a newly enacted voter suppression law that eliminates the use of student ID as an acceptable form of identification for in-person voting.
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