Allegheny County, Pennsylvania will get six new ballot drop off locations for the 2024 primary elections.

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Daily Docket — Wednesday, March 20

Here are some recent updates.
* Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed ([link removed]) a bill that makes it a felony for anyone other than a family member or cohabitant to help someone request, fill out or return an absentee ballot.
* The Board of Elections of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania voted ([link removed]) 3-0 to adopt six ballot drop off locations for the 2024 primary elections. This follows a lawsuit alleging that one board member authorized the drop off sites without proper approval.
+ Following the vote, a Republican member of the Allegheny County Council in Pennsylvania dropped ([link removed]) the lawsuit challenging the use of ballot drop off locations.
* A federal court dismissed ([link removed]) a right-wing lawsuit seeking to block a Washington, D.C. law allowing noncitizens to vote in elections for mayor, city council, neighborhood commissions and other local races only. The law will remain in place.
* The RNC moved ([link removed]) to defend a Minnesota law that requires absentee ballots to be completed in the presence of a witness. A lawsuit from a civics group alleges the requirement violates a portion of the Voting Rights Act.
* The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s indictment for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia ruled ([link removed]) that his legal team can appeal a decision to allow prosecutor Fani Willis to remain on the case.
+ Michael Roman, a former top Trump campaign official who was also indicted for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election in the Peach State, filed a motion to disqualify Willis because of an alleged affair with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired for the case. A judge ruled ([link removed]) last week that Willis could remain as prosecutor so long as Wade steps down. He resigned the same day.
* Bolstered by a new high-profile legal team, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley has promised to work endlessly to file aggressive election litigation. This begins a new wave of Republican legal attacks on voting, Marc writes. Read it here. ([link removed])

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