Daily Docket — Thursday, May 9

Right-wing legal challenges were rejected in New York and Maryland.

• A New York appeals court once again rejected the Republican National Committee's lawsuit challenging a new law expanding mail-in voting opportunities — keeping the law in place for the state's 2024 elections.

  
  

• A federal court rejected the right-wing group United Sovereign Americans' long-shot lawsuit seeking to upend election administration and voter roll list maintenance in Maryland ahead of the 2024 elections.

Here are some other updates.

• The Republican National Committee and Arizona Republican legislators appealed a decision striking down provisions of two Arizona laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship and residency to vote.

  
  

• A federal court upheld Wisconsin's witness requirement for absentee ballots. Voters will continue to have to have absentee ballots witnessed or notarized for their votes to count.

  
  

• The Trump campaign has filed its first election lawsuit since 2020 — this time challenging Nevada’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline. Marc explains the case and the motivation behind it. Watch it here.