Daily Docket — Wednesday, April 3

Here are some updates.

• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) urged the newly liberal state Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the court's previous conservative majority and restore the use of ballot drop boxes in the state.

  
  

  • Also in Wisconsin, yesterday, voters passed two ballot measures to ban private grants for already-underfunded election administration and ensure that only "officials designated by law may administer elections," which advocacy groups worry will hinder their work.

• Before Ohio's strict photo voter ID law was enacted in 2023, the rejection rate of provisional ballots due to ID issues was between 5%-8%. After the law took effect, the rejection rate increased to more than 28%, according to a report from All Voting is Local.
  

  
  

• Pro-voting groups Illinois AFL-CIO and the Illinois Federation of Teachers moved to defend Illinois voters from a right-wing lawsuit demanding that the state purge its rolls. The groups argue the conservatives' plan will put eligible voters at risk of being wrongfully removed.

  
  

• Alaska voters filed a lawsuit challenging a ballot measure that could repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in the state. The lawsuit argues that the sponsors of the ballot measure illegally certified petition signatures.
  

  
  

• Georgia Republicans continue to make mass voter challenges easier and more dangerous. But if we fight against these suppression tactics now, we can protect democracy and help prevent them from being spread across the country, writes Marc. Read Marc’s latest here.

  
  

• Yet another court issued sanctions against Arizona Republicans for bringing a frivolous lawsuit trying to overturn losses from the 2022 elections. Our senior social media coordinator, Sophie Feldman, breaks down the latest on YouTube. Watch the full video here.