Wisconsin legislative maps vetoed by governor.
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Daily Docket — Tuesday, Jan. 30
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** Ohio's New Motto: Give Us The Ballot ([link removed])
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By Katy Shanahan
Here are some updates from today.
* The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider ([link removed]) its decision that private parties and voters cannot sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, leaving the catastrophic ruling in place for the seven states — Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota— covered by the circuit.
* The Republican National Committee and Mississippi Republican Party sued ([link removed]) over Mississippi’s law allowing mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted if they are received within five business days after the election.
* The Illinois State Board of Elections allowed ([link removed]) former President Donald Trump to remain on the state’s primary ballot, finding that the board lacks authority to make a determination on his eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
* The Kentucky Senate passed ([link removed]) a bill to ban college and university photo ID cards as acceptable forms of identification for voting. Kentucky's Republican secretary of state opposes the bill, saying that he worries it could alienate young voters.
* The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated ([link removed]) a decision from a three-judge panel that upheld a 1992 consent decree requiring Louisiana to have a majority-Black district in Orleans Parish for state Supreme Court elections. The full circuit will rehear the case.
Here are some updates out of Wisconsin.
* Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed ([link removed]) new state House and Senate districts passed by the Legislature after the state Supreme Court ordered new maps, saying the maps "make sure Republican-gerrymandered incumbents get to keep their seats."
* Wisconsin Republicans asked ([link removed]) newly elected liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to recuse herself from a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional map due to comments she made about gerrymandering in the state during her campaign.
Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow.
* All amicus briefs in support of the respondents are due in the Colorado case ([link removed]) challenging Trump’s eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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