Louisiana inches closer to a fair congressional map. 

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Daily Docket — Wednesday, Jan. 17
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How the 5th Circuit Is Dismantling Democracy ([link removed])

By Rachel Selzer

Here are some recent updates
* Wisconsin voters asked ([link removed]) the Wisconsin Supreme Court to adopt a new congressional map before the 2024 election, arguing that the current map violates new redistricting criteria established by the court in a recent decision and unfairly benefits Republicans.
* A Maine judge paused ([link removed]) Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ (D) ruling removing former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court decides if Trump is eligible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
* The Louisiana Senate passed ([link removed]) a new proposed congressional map, creating a second majority-Black district as required by a federal court order. The map now heads to the state House.
* Virginia Senate Democrats blocked ([link removed]) a Republican effort to drastically shorten the state's early voting period. Virginians will continue to have 45 days to vote early.
* A new amicus brief penned by over half of the Republican state attorneys general in the country exposes ([link removed]) the GOP’s cynical plot to make sure votes are discarded for trivial errors completely unrelated to a voters' eligibility.
* A Mohave County official filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit arguing that a letter sent by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) "influenced" and "threatened" their vote to not hand count ballots and asks the court to declare the use of voting machines as optional.
* The U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that could undo decades of precedent and empower judges to make public policy decisions instead of agency experts.
+ Read more about the case from Alliance for Justice President Rakim Brooks here ([link removed]) .
* On April 1, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear ([link removed]) a right-wing challenge to the state's new rights restoration law that returned voting rights to more than 55,000 individuals with felony convictions. A lower court dismissed the lawsuit.

Here’s what to expect tomorrow.
* We will be releasing our comprehensive year-end report summarizing the court cases that impacted democracy and voting rights in 2023.
* Oral argument will be held in a lawsuit ([link removed]) filed by right-wing groups and an Arizona voter that challenges the state’s signature matching procedures.

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