Here are some updates.
Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that House Republicans are introducing a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, based on a falsehood that noncitizens are illegally voting.
The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on using student IDs to vote, dismissing a lawsuit alleging that the rule violates young voters’ right to equal protection and right to vote under the Idaho Constitution.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is defending Mississippi's absentee ballot receipt deadline from a legal attack by the Republican National Committee. The DOJ says the extended deadline is crucial for ensuring that ballots from military and overseas voters are counted.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, states have taken it upon themselves to enact state-level VRAs. In 2022, New York became one of them and now New Yorkers are using the law in court to improve minority representation and voting power across the state. Read more about the challenges in the Empire State here.
The Supreme Court did not issue a decision on South Carolina's congressional map today. The Court's next opinion day is Tuesday, April 16.
Here’s what’s happening on Monday.
Georgia's infamous voter suppression law Senate Bill 202 will go to trial for the first time. A federal court will determine if the state's new restrictions on absentee ballot applications will stand.
Voting organizations argue that the law’s restrictions can harm voting organizations on the ground attempting to do important get-out-the-vote work such as providing voters with resources and information to help with filling out absentee ballot applications.
The court will determine if the absentee ballot application provisions violate the plaintiffs’ right to free speech under the First Amendment. The trial is expected to last five days. Read more about the lawsuit here.
At 9:30 a.m. EDT, Supreme Court will issue an order list announcing some of the cases it will hear. We're watching to see if the Court takes up a case arguing that Arkansas' congressional map dilutes the power of Black voters.
ICYMI, this morning, we dropped our latest episode of Defending Democracy where Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) joins Marc to discuss the rising threats against election workers, efforts to hold Trump and his 2020 lawyer John Eastman accountable and how secretaries of state are securing elections — plus the details of Republicans’ attempt to impeach her. Watch it here and subscribe to our channel here — we are trying to hit 100,000 subscribers!
