Monday, July 22

With nearly 100 days until the election, Democracy Docket is focused on the number of filed lawsuits and court decisions that could impact voters in November. Many readers often ask how many wins and losses there have been for voters — with our new daily scoreboard, your answer is right here!

We’ll be including this scoreboard in each Daily Docket, so you’ll always be up to date.

THE SCOREBOARD

Biden drops out of the presidential race and endorses Harris

• President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place, who has said she intends to win the nomination.

  
  

• In a new YouTube video, Marc breaks down everything you should know about what happens next in this unprecedented situation.

Harris has a strong career record on protecting voting rights

• During her time as vice president, Kamala Harris has led White House efforts to protect voting rights. As Harris becomes the likely Democratic presidential nominee, we've broken down the efforts she has taken to increase ballot access during her career.

Project 2025 could dismantle American democracy

• In a post on X yesterday, Harris declared she will “unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”

  
  

• Project 2025 would fundamentally alter just about every aspect of American life. In another YouTube video, Democracy Docket senior staff writer Matt Cohen joins Sophie Feldman to discuss exactly how Project 2025 could dismantle democracy.

Pennsylvania launches election threats hotline

• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced the launch of a new election hotline for voters and election workers to report threats of physical violence. Shapiro is, so far, the only governor to introduce a hotline solely dedicated to reporting election threats.

Judge rejects GOP candidate’s request to block election certification

• A federal judge rejected a request to block Utah’s certification of its primary election results from a GOP congressional candidate who alleged that mail-in ballots were wrongfully rejected due to mail delays.

Fate of Alaska ballot initiative to repeal ranked choice voting uncertain

• An Alaska judge ordered election officials to disqualify nearly 3,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure seeking to repeal the state’s voter-approved ranked choice voting and open primary systems.

North Carolina voters combat gerrymandering in court

• North Carolina voters appealed the dismissal of their lawsuit claiming the state's new Republican-drawn congressional and legislative districts unfairly benefit Republicans and violate the state constitution.

  
  

• Last month, a three-judge panel ruled that due to the state Supreme Court’s previous decision eliminating the ability to bring partisan gerrymandering claims in the state, the voters could not succeed in arguing the new maps violated the right to “fair” elections under the state constitution.