North Carolina GOP legislators send power-grab bill S.B. 749 to governor

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Daily Docket — Friday, Sept. 22
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Here are some recent updates.
* The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously struck down ([link removed]) part of a new anti-democratic law that would have allowed a white official to appoint four unelected judges to a Hinds County court that oversees Jackson, which is over 80% Black.
* The North Carolina Legislature passed ([link removed]) Senate Bill 749, which would give the Republican-controlled Legislature the power to appoint members to state and county boards of election instead of the governor. The bill awaits Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) promised veto.
* A Pennsylvania court ordered ([link removed]) Delaware County to count three voters' provisional ballots from the May municipal primary. The voters cast the provisional ballots after their mail-in ballots were canceled.
* Five Republican members of the Wisconsin Assembly circulated ([link removed]) an impeachment resolution against the state’s top election official, Meagan Wolfe. This follows the Senate's allegedly illegal vote ([link removed]) to remove Wolfe from office last week, which is now being challenged ([link removed]) by the state’s attorney general in court.
+ On today's new episode of Defending Democracy, Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D) joins to break down the Wisconsin GOP's anti-democratic attempts to remove Wolfe and Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Listen on Apple ([link removed]) , Spotify ([link removed]) or wherever you get your podcasts ([link removed]) .

Here’s what to expect coming up.
* In Alabama, the special master, who has been tasked with drawing a new congressional map, must submit a map proposal by Monday in the state’s ongoing congressional redistricting litigation in Allen v. Milligan ([link removed]) .
* Next week, the North Carolina Legislature will be holding three public hearings ([link removed]) across the state as map drawing begins again in the Tar Heel state. See if there's a hearing near you to attend ([link removed]) .

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