Here are some updates you may have missed.
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Parties in a state-level lawsuit challenging Florida’s congressional map entered into an agreement that paves the way for the state to potentially resurrect a Black-performing district in northern Florida before the 2024 primary elections.
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission approved changes to the state’s absentee ballot certification envelope. Officials hope that the modifications will improve the mail-in voting process for voters and clerks.
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Ohio groups have started collecting signatures for a state constitutional amendment to have a citizen-led bipartisan redistricting commission draw the state’s congressional and legislative maps.
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There was a hearing in federal court today over the new congressional map passed by the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature. The enacted map only has one majority-Black district, but a federal court ordered that the map must have two.
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Right-wing group True the Vote asked for a jury trial in a lawsuit alleging that the group illegally intimidated voters during the 2021 U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia. Currently, a bench trial, where a judge instead of a jury decides the case, is scheduled to begin Oct. 30.
Here are updates on Trump’s ongoing indictments.
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In Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury following their two-year long investigation into former President Donald Trump and others' efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.
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Earlier this month, Trump’s third indictment revealed six unnamed co-conspirators in the plot to overturn the 2020 election and incite the insurrection on Jan. 6. Get to know the likely six co-conspirators here.
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