Daily Docket — Friday, Aug. 25

Here are some updates from today and yesterday.

  • The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved new summary language for an abortion rights amendment that will be decided by voters this fall. 

    • The rewrite comes from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) in a complete overhaul of the previously certified “fair and accurate” wording, following the defeat of Issue 1. A Democrat on the board called the language "misleading and defective.”

  • All 19 defendants in the Georgia election subversion case have surrendered before Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' (D) deadline, which was today at 12 p.m. EDT. They will be arraigned next week.

Here’s what’s coming up on Monday.

  • There will be a hearing in a right-wing lawsuit challenging guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission that allows voters to ask election officials to spoil (or void) their absentee ballots and permits voters to request a new absentee ballot if they make a mistake or opt to vote in person instead. 

  • A status conference will be held in former President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. Jan. 6 case.

  • A hearing will be held in federal court to determine whether or not former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' case will be moved to federal court.

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