Here are some recent updates.

• Today, Democrats in Washington, D.C. reintroduced two democracy-related bills. One, introduced in the House, would strengthen congressional oversight of the executive branch among other provisions. The other, introduced in the Senate, would protect election workers. 

• Earlier this month, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Florida voter registration applications lack federally required information about voter eligibility post-felony conviction. The plaintiffs had 14 days to file an amended complaint to continue the case. They did not file an amended complaint and the case was dismissed today.

• Yesterday in Illinois, a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit brought by three Republicans — including U.S. Rep. Michael Bost (R) — alleging that Illinois’ mail-in ballot receipt deadline violates federal law. The dismissal upholds Illinois' ballot receipt rules.

• In California earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s laws permitting universal mail-in voting, online voter registration, community ballot collection and more. The plaintiffs failed to prove that they are harmed by these laws, the judge ruled.

• Tomorrow is the deadline for the plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan to submit their objections to the map signed by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) last week. The new map defies the U.S. Supreme Court’s order to include two majority-Black districts rather than just one. 

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