Trump's DC Black voters disenfranchisement case reassigned to judge in DC indictment case
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Daily Docket — Tuesday, Oct. 17
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Two New Lawsuits Challenge North Carolina Voter Suppression and Power Grab Laws ([link removed])
By Madeleine Greenberg & Rachel Selzer
Here are some recent updates.
* Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Black Alliance and League of Women Voters of North Carolina filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 747's provision that targets same-day voter registration. Pro-voting groups claim the provision discriminates against young voters, who disproportionately rely on this type of registration.
* Democratic Gov. Cooper filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 749, arguing that the law — which gives the Republican-led Legislature the power to appoint members to boards of election instead of the governor — prevents him from exercising his constitutional duties and violates the state constitution.
* A lawsuit ([link removed]) alleging that former President Donald Trump, his campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) tried to disenfranchise Black voters during the 2020 election has been randomly reassigned ([link removed]) to Judge Tanya Chutkan, the same judge in Trump's Washington, D.C. election subversion case ([link removed]) .
* Wisconsin Republicans admitted ([link removed]) that they do not have the power to remove ([link removed]) the state's top election official, Meagan Wolfe, and their vote to do so was only "symbolic." They concede that Wolfe is still "lawfully" holding office. Learn more about Republicans’ efforts to remove Wolfe here. ([link removed])
+ However, the Wisconsin Senate voted to remove ([link removed]) Democratic appointee Joseph Czarnezki from the Wisconsin Elections Commission due to his refusal to vote on Wolfe’s appointment in June. Within an hour, Gov. Tony Evers (D) appointed another Democratic member to the bipartisan commission.
* The RNC and Wisconsin Republican Party moved to defend ([link removed]) the state's requirement that absentee ballots be completed in the presence of a witness. Voters allege ([link removed]) that this requirement violates the Voting Rights Act.
* House Republicans have failed ([link removed]) to elect a Speaker of the House on the first vote — yet again. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) did not secure the necessary votes.
* A group of conservative activists has taken ([link removed]) voter registration challenges to the extreme in the state of Washington, not only filing 28 challenges to voters’ eligibility since June but often going door-to-door to investigate the alleged illegal registrations, according ([link removed]) to an investigation from King 5 News.
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