Redistricting updates in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Daily Docket — Tuesday, Jan. 2
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Judge Rules GOP Mass Voter Challenges Did Not Intimidate Georgia Voters ([link removed])

By Madeleine Greenberg

Here are some updates you may have missed.
* A federal judge ruled ([link removed]) that right-wing group True the Vote's efforts to cancel over 364,000 voter registrations ahead of the 2021 Georgia Senate runoffs did not illegally intimidate voters under the Voting Rights Act.
* In a win for voters, a Wisconsin judge enacted ([link removed]) uniform standards to determine if the witness certificate of an absentee ballot has a proper address. The move will ensure that voters' ballots aren't unfairly rejected due to different rules across counties.
* The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked ([link removed]) Mississippi from creating a new, unelected court in Hinds County, home to part of the state's capital of Jackson. Civil rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice argue the new court discriminates against the majority-Black county.
* Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) rejected ([link removed]) language for a proposed amendment that would expand voter registration, mail-in voting and more in the state, claiming the title and summary were misleading. New language must be submitted.
* New Jersey Democrats passed ([link removed]) a bill to permit 17-year-olds, who will turn 18 by the next general election, to vote in the state's primaries. The legislation awaits Gov. Phil Murphy's (D) expected signature.

Here are some redistricting updates.
* Wisconsin and Michigan will have new legislative districts before the 2024 elections. Courts struck down ([link removed]) Wisconsin's maps for violating the state constitution and Michigan's districts for racial gerrymandering.
* A federal judge ruled ([link removed]) that Georgia's new Republican-drawn congressional and legislative maps "fully complied" with the court's order to create new majority-Black districts — but lawmakers dismantled existing minority-opportunity districts to do so.

Here are some Trumpdates.
* Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) ruled ([link removed]) that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state's primary ballot under the 14th Amendment because of his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump appealed ([link removed]) Bellows' decision to state court.
* The Colorado Republican Party asked ([link removed]) the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s presidential ballot. Trump is expected to file his own appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court soon.

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