Democracy wins big in races nationwide.

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Daily Docket — Wednesday, Nov. 8
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Pro-democracy candidates and direct democracy won big in last night's elections.
* Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved ([link removed]) a measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution despite Republicans enacting a new sweeping photo ID law, attempting to raise the threshold for the measure to pass and more.
* Democratic candidate Judge Daniel McCaffrey won ([link removed]) the race for Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Democrats now have a 5-2 majority on the court.
* Virginia Democrats won ([link removed]) control of the state legislature after keeping a majority in the Senate and taking the House. This is a massive victory for voting rights, abortion rights and more as the legislature can limit Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) anti-democratic agenda.

Here are some Trumpdates.
* A Michigan court will hear ([link removed]) two lawsuits alleging that the 14th Amendment disqualifies former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot due to his involvement in Jan 6. The court will also hear a case from Trump trying to prevent the state from disqualifying him from the race.
* The Minnesota Supreme Court permitted ([link removed]) Trump to be on the state's Republican presidential primary ballot. A new petition could be filed challenging Trump's eligibility under the 14th Amendment for the general election ballot.

Here are some other updates.
* In Oregon, Republican lawmakers filed ([link removed]) a federal lawsuit challenging a voter-approved constitutional amendment that makes them ineligible to run for re-election due to unexcused absences from the state legislature. The absences came from walkouts Republicans staged to protest Democratic bills.
* At least nine polling locations in the most populous county in Mississippi — Hinds County — ran out ([link removed]) of ballots multiple times throughout Election Day yesterday. The fight to extend polling hours became a jumble of legal filings and contradicting orders all as voters waited in line — or left entirely ([link removed]) due to the lack of ballots.

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