Daily Docket — Thursday, April 11

Here are some updates.

• A federal judge upheld Georgia’s voter citizenship verification rules for naturalized citizens. Advocacy groups alleged the data used to verify citizenship is often outdated, leading many of these voters to have their registrations wrongly canceled.

  
  

• The Nevada Supreme Court heard oral argument in a lawsuit challenging a ballot initiative to establish an independent redistricting commission that would draw congressional and legislative districts starting in 2027.

  
  

  • The plaintiff alleges that the ballot initiative violates the Nevada Constitution because “it creates a new state body, the Commission, but it raises no new revenue to pay the expenses of that body.” Get more background here.

    
    

• Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced she will not run for reelection. An election for her open seat will be held in April 2025 and will determine ideological control of the court.

Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow.

• At 9:30 a.m. EDT, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral argument in the lawsuit challenging the “county line” on New Jersey’s primary ballot.

  
  

• At 10 a.m. EDT, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue opinions. We are looking out for a decision in the redistricting lawsuit against South Carolina’s congressional map.