Daily Docket — Thursday, May 30

Former President Donald Trump was convicted of all charges in the New York hush money trial.

• A New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts in the hush money case — marking the first time a former U.S. president has ever been criminally convicted.

  
  

• Sentencing will take place on July 11 at 10 a.m. EDT.

There were court victories for voters today in New York, Arizona and Montana.

• A federal judge struck down New York's line-warming ban that prohibits handing food and water to voters waiting in line at the polls. The judge ruled the law violates the U.S. Constitution.

  
  

• An Arizona appeals court effectively thwarted a brazen attempt by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller’s right-wing legal group to sue Maricopa County over election administration procedures in a more conservative district.

  
  

• A Montana law that imposes criminal penalties on people who are registered to vote in more than one state will remain blocked for the 2024 election as the Republican National Committee pursues its appeal, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

In a legislative win, Vermont passed a law this week banning firearms in and around polling places.

• Vermont became the latest state to ban guns in and near polling places after Gov. Phil Scott (R) allowed a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature to become law without his signature.

Republicans, however, are taking actions in Nevada that could disenfranchise mail-in voters.

• Washoe County, Nevada sued Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over his decision to transfer the county's mail processing operations from Reno to California. The county alleges this move will significantly delay mail-in ballots and risk disenfranchisement.

  
  

• A federal court granted the Democratic National Committee's motion to intervene in the Trump campaign's first election lawsuit of the cycle, which is trying to toss certain mail-in ballots in Nevada. The DNC, as well as two pro-voting groups, will defend mail-in voting in the state.

GOP officials argue to the U.S. Supreme Court that only state legislatures can regulate federal elections.

• In a new brief, nine Republican secretaries of state asked the Supreme Court to take up an election case out of Pennsylvania and reconsider the independent state legislature theory, a radical legal theory that could upend American elections.

Survey data shared by the news website Semafor revealed that the vast majority of voters have not heard of Project 2025.

• Progressive pollster Navigator Research surveyed 1,000 registered voters from May 9-12 and found that less than one-quarter of voters have heard “a lot” or “some” about Project 2025, a “series of conservative policy proposals.”

• Project 2025, conservatives' latest effort, would dramatically increase the president's power and dismantle governmental norms. In a YouTube video last month, Marc explained why it's a threat to our democracy. Watch it here.