DOJ steps in to defend federal voter assistance protections in Ohio

• The Department of Justice pushed back on Ohio Republicans' claim that private voters cannot challenge discriminatory voting laws in court under a section of the Voting Rights Act that protects voters with disabilities.

The latest Republican attack on noncitizen voting

• A right-wing group is suing Burlington, Vermont over a city law that allows noncitizens to vote for the local school board and education budget. The group claims that the law violates the state constitution.

Updates on GOP lawsuits challenging voter registration lists in Nevada

• Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar (D) motioned to intervene in a right-wing group's lawsuit challenging Washoe County's voter roll maintenance. Aguilar aims to defend the county's voter rolls.

  
  

• A hearing was held today in a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and Nevada GOP challenging the state’s voter roll maintenance. Republicans claim the state’s voter rolls are outdated, violating the National Voter Registration Act.

Michigan Supreme Court hears crucial election case as candidates run to fill upcoming court vacancies

• The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a challenge to a set of 2022 rules regulating election challengers and poll watchers. Republicans allege the rules violate state election law. Watch the recording of the oral argument here.

  
  

• A Michigan attorney who was charged in a scheme to gain illegal access to voting machines in the state announced that he’s running for Michigan Supreme Court.

As the U.S. Supreme Court gives states more power, many are passing laws that harm voters

• Progressives have long focused on federal power. But with the Supreme Court poised to hand over unprecedented power to the states, many of which are GOP-controlled, it's time to shift our mindset, Sister District cofounder Lala Wu argues. Read more here.

  
  

• Since 2020, 24 states have enacted restrictive voting policies that disproportionately affect Black voters in the South and Midwest, a new report by the Movement Advancement Project reveals.