Democratic senators introduce bill to ban partisan gerrymandering.
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Daily Docket — Thursday, Feb. 22
Here are some recent updates.
* In a win for voters, Stephen Miller’s right-wing legal group voluntarily dismissed ([link removed]) its own lawsuit challenging a host of voting rules in Maricopa County, Arizona merely 16 days after filing the case.
+ Of the 10 lawsuits brought by Republicans and their allies aimed at making voting more difficult and elections less secure in the first six weeks of 2024, five of them were filed in Arizona. Marc discussed them, including the now-dismissed Maricopa County case, in his piece last week. Read it here. ([link removed])
* U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) introduced sweeping redistricting legislation that would, among other things, ban partisan gerrymandering.
* Bard College urged ([link removed]) more New York colleges to establish on-campus polling places, pointing out that only 25% of private and 38% of public institutions in the state have polling sites despite a 2022 state law requiring them on most college campuses.
* Trial has been scheduled ([link removed]) for August 12, 2025 in a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law that requires a person to be a “bona fide member of” or “declare allegiance” to a political party to vote in a party’s primary election.
* Disability Rights Mississippi and League of Women Voters intervened ([link removed]) in a lawsuit ([link removed]) filed by the Republican National Committee challenging a Mississippi law that counts mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and received up to five business days later.
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