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Here are some recent updates.
North Carolina judges struck down a law transferring the ability to appoint members to the state board of elections from Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to the GOP-controlled legislature, ruling the law "infringes upon the Governor’s constitutional duties."
Since 2020, there has been a sharp rise in violence and threats against election workers. And as we head into the 2024 election, all signs indicate the problem hasn’t gone away. Read more to find out how experts are preparing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing earlier today on the state of voting rights and the ongoing need for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Watch the livestream here.
At the hearing, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced a bill to guarantee voting rights for all Americans. The bill, called the Right to Vote Act, would allow all citizens to sue any state or local government for a policy that restricts or impedes voting access in any way.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed that former President Donald Trump does not have absolute immunity from a lawsuit alleging that he, his campaign and the Republican National Committee engaged in efforts to disenfranchise Black voters during the 2020 election.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will issue opinions this Friday. The Court still needs to decide whether South Carolina must redraw its congressional map before the November elections. A lower court ruled the map is racially gerrymandered.
South Carolina asked the Court to rule by Jan. 1, 2024 to allow ample time for a new map to be drawn if required. Last week, state Republicans asked a lower court to allow the current map to remain in place for November, saying it's now too close to the election to enact a new map.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed a law to make it easier for election officials to purge voters from the rolls in an alleged effort to remove wrongfully registered noncitizens. A similar program in Texas was subject to a flurry of litigation.
The federal judiciary has adopted a policy to randomly assign cases challenging state or federal policies in an attempt to curtail "judge shopping," when plaintiffs strategically choose where to file a lawsuit so a certain judge hears the case.
