Wednesday, October 2

Will Hurricane Helene disrupt elections in North Carolina?

• Hurricane Helene's devastation to western North Carolina raises serious concerns about how elections will proceed in the swing state. Read here to learn how state officials are working to ensure impacted voters can still cast their ballots.

  
  

• “This storm is like nothing we’ve seen in our lifetimes in Western North Carolina. The destruction is unprecedented, and this level of uncertainty this close to Election Day is daunting,” Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said.

Arizona secretary of state sues county for not enforcing election rules

• Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) sued Pinal County over its refusal to enforce part of the state's Elections Procedural Manual that allows voters to cast a ballot if they show up at the wrong precinct. Fontes asked for a ruling by Friday.

California court rejects MAGA candidate’s attempt to overturn results

• In a win for voters, a California appeals court rejected a bid from a MAGA candidate to overturn her April primary election loss for the Shasta County Board of Supervisors. A lower court previously rejected the case after a two-day evidentiary hearing.

Since Jan. 1, 2023

Deep dive into DOJ’s lawsuit in Alabama

• The U.S. Department of Justice sued Alabama for trying to illegally purge over 3,000 voters from the rolls before November's election. Democracy Docket’s Sophie Feldman explains what you should know about the case and debunks the Republican myth that noncitizens are voting in federal elections.

Jack Smith’s newest motion in Trump immunity case is unsealed

• Jack Smith's 165-page motion on why former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were not official acts entitled to presidential immunity has just been unsealed.

Vance won’t say whether Trump lost in 2020

• In last night's vice presidential debate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Senator JD Vance (R) went head to head on several issues, including immigration, abortion and democracy.

  
  

• Walz called out the threat Trump poses to democracy and asked Vance about his thoughts on the 2020 election. He danced around the question. Vance is one of hundreds of election deniers on the ballot.

  
  

• In a new YouTube video, Marc and Paige Moskowitz discuss the debate and what it says about election denialism in the Republican Party.