Here are some recent updates.

• The 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kari Lake and Mark Finchem's lawsuit seeking to ban electronic voting machines in Arizona. This affirms a lower court ruling that dismissed the case for lack of standing and called their claims "conjectural allegations." 

  • Despite still challenging her gubernatorial loss from 2022, Lake launched her campaign for U.S. Senate last week.

• Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) won the state’s election for governor. Landry is currently defending the state's congressional and legislative maps in court. Black voters and civil rights groups argue that the maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power.

  • In the same election, Louisiana voters approved an amendment to ban private funding for already chronically underfunded election offices.

• A federal court in New Mexico began trial in a lawsuit challenging the state's ability to criminally prosecute the Voter Reference Foundation for violating state laws that protect voter data.

ICYMI, listen to our latest episode of Defending Democracy. In the podcast episode that dropped last Friday, Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, joined Marc and Paige to discuss how the fight for reproductive rights relates to the fight for democracy. Listen now on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.