Here are some recent updates.

• The Missouri Senate passed a bill that would require a majority of the state's congressional districts, rather than only a majority of voters, to approve amendments to the state constitution in an attempt to stymie a potential abortion rights amendment.

• The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Republican lawmakers do not have to produce documents and communications related to the passage of two voter suppression laws, holding that the state constitution grants the lawmakers legislative privilege.

• Republicans want your ballot to be rejected for minor errors. Lawsuits in four key swing states are trying to prevent that and may determine if tens of thousands of ballots get counted this fall.

It’s a busy day in the courts on Monday. Here’s what’s coming up. 

• A hearing in a state-level lawsuit challenging a power grab law that reduced the size of Nashville, Tennessee’s metro council by half.

• Trial begins in a federal lawsuit challenging the at-large system used for electing members to Dodge City, Kansas’ local government. The plaintiffs allege that the at-large system dilutes Latino voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. 

• Trial begins in a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s state House and Senate districts for unlawfully diluting Black voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act and U.S. Constitution. 

• A motion hearing in a state-level lawsuit challenging a Republican-backed ballot initiative that would impose photo ID requirements for in-person voting and require Nevada voters who vote by mail to include an identifying number with their mail-in ballot.

• A motion hearing in a state-level lawsuit challenging provisions of a 2023 Arkansas law that places additional requirements on the ballot initiative process — specifically, requiring signatures from at least 50 counties to be collected for a ballot initiative to qualify to be on the ballot.

• Monday is another order day for the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll be keeping an eye out for a congressional redistricting case in Arkansas and former President Donald Trump’s request to pause the lower court’s immunity ruling.

A new episode of our podcast Defending Democracy is here! In today’s episode, Michigan Sen. Jeremy Allen Moss (D) joins Marc to discuss voting rights, the Independent State Legislature theory and more. Listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, or watch it on YouTube.