Victories for Pennsylvania voters

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Tuesday, October 29

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Courts deliver victories for Pennsylvania voters
* A federal judge tossed ([link removed]) out a lawsuit from six GOP Pennsylvania congressmen challenging the ability of military and overseas voters to have their ballots counted in the critical swing state this November.
* As expected, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided ([link removed]) not to pause its ruling permitting voters to cast a provisional ballot if their mail-in ballot is rejected for technical reasons. The Republican National Committee has gone ([link removed]) to the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue.

What happens to the hundreds of ballots affected by drop box fires
* Hundreds of ballots in Washington and a few in Oregon were destroyed after drop boxes were set on fire yesterday — nearly a week before Election Day. Read here ([link removed]) to learn how officials are responding and what happens to the affected voters.

New right-wing case filed in Wisconsin
* A right-wing group filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit yesterday claiming that Wisconsin is unlawfully sharing voters' personal information with ERIC, a multistate database that helps maintain accurate voter rolls.

The latest on Nevada voting lawsuits
* Nye County, Nevada settled ([link removed]) a lawsuit filed by the ACLU over the county's refusal to allow a nonpartisan staff member access to observe the election during the primary. Nye County agreed to not restrict election observers based on political affiliation.
* In a new YouTube video, Marc and Democracy Docket’s Paige Moskowitz break down ([link removed]) the Nevada Supreme Court ruling ([link removed]) yesterday and how it will impact voters, if the GOP can appeal and what to know about recent litigation over mail-in ballot receipt deadlines.

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SCOTUS rules RFK Jr. will remain on swing states’ ballots
* Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will remain on the ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ([link removed]) Tuesday. The justices did not detail their reason for rejecting the emergency appeal. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented in the Michigan case.

Updates on Virginia voting case before SCOTUS
* A total of 26 Republican attorneys general submitted ([link removed]) a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to restore Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) voter purge program before Election Day. The program is currently blocked ([link removed]) by lower courts for violating federal law.
* Former GOP members of Congress urged ([link removed]) the Supreme Court to keep Youngkin's voter purge program blocked through the election. The Republicans agreed with lower courts that the program violates federal law.

Judge dismisses part of right-wing lawsuit seeking to purge Illinois voters
* A federal judge partially dismissed ([link removed]) a lawsuit led by the right-wing group Judicial Watch seeking to gain access to Illinois voter registration records and remove allegedly ineligible individuals from the rolls.

Kate Barr won’t win her state Senate race — she’s running anyway
* Kate Barr is running for state senate in one of the most gerrymandered districts in North Carolina — and she knows she won't win. In a new candidate Q&A interview, we spoke with Barr about how her campaign goal is simply to raise awareness of the negative impacts of gerrymandering. Read ([link removed]) or watch ([link removed]) the interview now.

Deep dive into the lawsuits that could decide the 2024 election
* There have been an unprecedented number of election lawsuits filed during this presidential race. In a new YouTube video, Democracy Docket’s Sophie Feldman discusses ([link removed]) the consequential cases expected to be decided in the final week before Election Day and how they could impact the race.
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