Republicans continue to lose in their mail-in voting cases, and Wisconsin voters have successfully used drop boxes ahead of tomorrow’s primary.

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Monday, Aug. 12

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New York court will hear GOP challenge to absentee voting law
* A New York appeals court is scheduled ([link removed]) to hear oral argument on Thursday in a challenge to the state's new absentee voting law, after a lower court largely upheld the law. State Republicans allege that the law violates the state constitution.
* The legislation allows for the review of absentee ballots on a rolling basis and requires voters who request an absentee ballot but decide to vote in-person to vote using a provisional ballot. It also prevents legal challenges to absentee ballots that have already been cast.

Republicans continue to lose in their mail-in voting cases
* The Republican National Committee (RNC) lost ([link removed]) a lawsuit in Mississippi arguing that mail-in ballots cast by Election Day, but received by officials a few days after, should be rejected. Republicans have filed five lawsuits challenging similar rules about mail-in ballots in four states — and all have been rejected. So why do they keep filing the same lawsuit?
* In a new YouTube video ([link removed]) , Marc and Democracy Docket’s Paige Moskowitz break down the motivation behind the lawsuits and the RNC’s legal strategy.

Meet the Trump-linked think tank waging a legal war on elections
* America First Policy Institute's recent pivot to election litigation is part of a larger right-wing focus on rolling back voting rights and sowing discord in elections through the courts. The group’s law and justice center is led by former Trump attorney and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R).
* The group has led ([link removed]) a multi-state legal effort to overturn President Joe Biden's pro-voting executive order that expands voting access by directing federal agencies to share data with states to help with automatic voter registration. Read more here. ([link removed])

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Drop boxes are back in Wisconsin ahead of tomorrow's primary
* Drop boxes are being unlocked ([link removed]) for voters to return their ballots in counties across Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court reauthorized ([link removed]) their use last month.
* The state’s primary election is tomorrow, and last week, city officials in the state’s capital confirmed ([link removed]) that Madison’s 14 drop boxes were unlocked. This occurred after they were locked and inaccessible for two years following a 2022 state Supreme Court decision banning ([link removed]) them.

Senate candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester fights for increased ballot access
* U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) is vying to become the state's next senator. We spoke with her about why she’s running for office, the fight for ballot access and her personal connection to voting rights. You can read ([link removed]) or watch ([link removed]) the interview now.

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