Here are some recent updates.

• In Georgia, the Fulton County special grand jury report revealed the jury also recommended charges against Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), former Senators Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.), Cleta Mitchell and others in addition to the 19 individuals who were indicted. Keep up with the election subversion indictments here!

• A federal judge denied Mark Meadows’ request to move his Fulton County case to federal court. Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis had asked the judge to deny the request. 

• Two weeks after the Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to decertify Maricopa County’s 2022 midterm results, the same plaintiffs seek to decertify Maricopa County results in the 2022 elections for governor and attorney general, along with two ballot propositions. The lawsuit was filed by Ryan Heath, who previously filed three unsuccessful lawsuits also relating to the 2022 midterms.

• A nonprofit aligned with House Democrats announced the start of a $20 million voter registration drive ahead of the 2024 elections, prioritizing outreach to communities targeted by suppressive voting policies.

• The New York State Board of Elections released a statement warning voters to be aware of individuals across the state impersonating county board of elections staff. Citizen vigilantism has become more common since the 2020 election, including notable examples in Colorado and Georgia.

• Kurt Olsen, an attorney for failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, testified in the disciplinary proceedings of John Eastman, who was once a lawyer for former President Donald Trump. Olsen spoke with Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

Here’s what’s coming up in the courts on Monday.

• Trial begins in a consolidated federal lawsuit challenging Texas’ omnibus 2021 voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1. 

  • Keep an eye out Monday morning for our breakdown of what anti-voting provisions are at issue during the six-week trial. 

• Trial also begins in a federal lawsuit filed by a conservative group challenging New Mexico’s ability to criminally prosecute the group for violating state laws that protect voter data. 

• Monday is the deadline for Republican legislators to submit their reply brief in a case currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether or not South Carolina’s congressional map is racially gerrymandered. 

• There will be a hearing in a state-level lawsuit alleging that Arkansas’ voting machines do not comply with state law. The conservative group that filed the case is asking the court to prevent the state from using the machines.