Monday, December 2

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New SCOTUS cases could upend elections

• Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review cases out of Illinois and Montana that could upend election administration in the United States. In a new YouTube video, Marc and Democracy Docket’s Paige Moskowitz discuss the impact of these cases.

  
  

• In November, Illinois Republican Rep. Michael Bost asked the Supreme Court to revive his twice-dismissed legal challenge to state law that allows election officials to count timely postmarked or certified mail-in ballots for up to two weeks after an election. 

  
  

• In August, Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen (R) asked the nation’s highest court to consider the radical independent state legislature theory as reasoning to uphold two Montana voter suppression laws. The theory promotes the idea that only state legislatures have the power to regulate federal elections. 

November had the most voting rights lawsuits filed in 2024  

• November saw the most voting rights lawsuits filed in 2024 so far. In fact, the 61 cases brought in November make up almost a quarter of the total cases filed this year. This includes litigation filed before, during and after the Nov. 5 election.

  
  

  • Many of the cases filed last month were related to the contentious Pennsylvania Senate race and Election Day polling place extensions.

    
    

  • September was the next highest month with 44 cases filed.

    
    

  • Want more data? Our 2024 election cycle report will be released later this month, offering an in-depth analysis of key cases filed and decided. Stay tuned!

Court hearing coming up tomorrow

• A hearing will be held in a Republican lawsuit challenging Arizona’s voter rolls. The plaintiffs claim that the state is not properly maintaining its voter records and at least 500,000 voters should be purged.