Colorado SOS also asks SCOTUS to rule on presidential immunity.
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Daily Docket — Wednesday, Jan. 3
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Trump Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Keep Him on the Colorado Primary ballot ([link removed])
By Ashley Cleaves
Here are some Trumpdates.
* Former President Donald Trump asked ([link removed]) the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's decision barring him from the state's presidential primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
* Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) also asked ([link removed]) the Supreme Court to quickly decide whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applies to the president and allows states to remove candidates from the ballot without congressional action.
Here are some other updates.
* A Wisconsin court issued ([link removed]) a major win to voting rights groups and voters ahead of the 2024 elections that could prevent thousands of ballots from being unfairly rejected due to witness certificates with an incomplete address.
* The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and New Hampshire Democratic Party filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit challenging a Republican-enacted state law that imposes additional identification hurdles on same-day registration. Democrats argue the law violates the state constitution and ask the court to temporarily block the law while litigation continues.
+ The DNC also intervened ([link removed]) in a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's rule against counting mail-in ballots missing a handwritten date on the outer envelope, along with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. A federal court ordered these ballots to be counted, but Republicans have appealed.
* Local Republican Party officials appealed ([link removed]) a federal court decision rejecting a Republican lawsuit ([link removed]) challenging North Dakota’s legislative districts — which was issued by two Trump appointees and one Bush appointee — to the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs claim that North Dakota's map is racially gerrymandered to give Native voters unfair power.
* Ten North Carolina counties will test ([link removed]) a signature verification program for absentee ballots in the state. Ballots won't be rejected for failing signature verification during the pilot program.
* Mark Meadows asked ([link removed]) the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider whether his 2020 election subversion case must remain in state court or can be moved to federal court. A three-judge panel on the circuit and the lower court ruled his case must stay in state court.
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What I'm Watching on the Docket ([link removed])
By Marc Elias
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