Trump selects J.D. Vance as VP, Republicans challenge Biden’s executive order and Colorado voter intimidation trial begins.
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Trump’s VP pick is J.D. Vance — who has spread multiple election conspiracies
* Former President Donald Trump announced ([link removed]) Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice presidential nominee. Vance has a long history of peddling far-right election conspiracy theories and supporting anti-voting policies. We break down his record on voting rights here ([link removed]) .
* When speaking with NewsMax recently, Vance said ([link removed]) he “reviewed a lot of” Project 2025 ([link removed]) and that “there are some good ideas in there.”
RNC and Trump campaign sue Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)
* Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) sued ([link removed]) Whitmer and other state officials over orders designating government offices as voter registration sites.
Right-wing group challenges Biden’s executive order promoting voting access
* A right-wing group and GOP officials — including Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) — filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit claiming that President Joe Biden's 2021 executive order expanding voter registration opportunities violates federal law.
* This isn’t the first right-wing lawsuit to challenge Biden’s EO. In January, Pennsylvania Republicans invoked the discredited independent state legislature (ISL) theory to challenge Biden’s executive order.
Trial kicks off in case accusing right-wing group of intimidating Colorado voters
* A trial started ([link removed]) today in Colorado to determine whether a right-wing group illegally intimidated voters by interrogating people at their homes about their voting history and falsely claiming to be from "the county."
* The right-wing group is called U.S. Election Integrity Plan, which formed after the 2020 election and some of its members, according to the lawsuit, have ties to QAnon and participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
How the U.S. Supreme Court undermined democracy in 2024
* SCOTUS wrapped one of its most consequential terms in modern history. On the democracy front, the Court issued a decision raising the standard ([link removed]) for racial gerrymandering claims against potentially discriminatory electoral maps, and another reinterpreting ([link removed]) an obstruction law that could impact hundreds of cases against Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what you should know. ([link removed])
RNC lost its Nevada voter roll purge case…but could it have also been a win?
* The Republican National Committee's (RNC) voter purge lawsuit was recently rejected in Nevada. In a new YouTube video ([link removed]) , Marc and Democracy Docket’s Paige Moskowitz explain how the GOP knew they were likely to lose the case, but why a loss in court may still be a win for them.
* “It’s a rallying [of the] base. It’s a way of perpetuating the big lie. It’s a way of explaining why Donald Trump lost in 2020 and why he will lose in 2024,” Marc said.
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