Daily Docket — Tuesday, April 23

Here are some updates.

• A Pennsylvania court ruled that ballots from long-term care facilities returned by a single person will be counted in today's primary in Chester County. The local Republican Party challenged the ballot collection process in a lawsuit filed last week.
  
  

• Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he has presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. This week, the nation's highest court will hear the matter. There are three things to watch during Thursday's oral argument. Read it here.
  
  

  • In our latest explainer video, Democracy Docket’s Sophie Feldman breaks down all the things you need to know and be on the lookout for in Trump’s immunity Supreme Court case. Watch it here.
    
    

• A federal judge in North Carolina yesterday struck down an 1877 state law that imposes criminal penalties for voting while on parole, probation or post-release supervision for a felony conviction, ruling that it violated the U.S. Constitution.
  
  

• A court in Virginia held a hearing in a lawsuit challenging the state's voting rights restoration policy for individuals with felony convictions. The plaintiff argued that the policy violates the 1st Amendment.

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