Daily Docket — Friday, Jan. 20

Here are some updates from today.

North Carolina Republican legislators asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear a case over the state’s congressional and legislative maps, a blatantly partisan move after control of the state Supreme Court flipped to red in the 2022 midterm elections. They also asked the court to rehear a case challenging a restrictive photo ID law. [link removed]

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer announced his plan to speed up election results in Arizona, which includes requiring mail-in ballots to be returned four days before Election Day, expanding the early voting period and more. [link removed]

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral argument in a lawsuit against Texas' "wet signature" law for March 6. The law requires people who submit a voter registration form electronically or via fax to also send a pen-on-paper version of their signature. [link removed]

A Minnesota judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to ban electronic voting machines in the state. The suit was filed by a nonprofit organization founded by a failed GOP congressional candidate. [link removed]

Here’s what to expect coming up.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court justices weighed a petition filed by Ohio Republicans asking the Court to review the Ohio Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's congressional map for partisan gerrymandering. We’ll keep an eye out to see if the Court agrees to hear the case — the Court typically releases a decision the following Monday. [link removed]

Can’t get enough news? You can always find more details about these updates on our News Alerts page. [link removed]

A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today! Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) joins Defending Democracy to discuss issues facing the judiciary and the network of anti-democratic forces influencing our courts ahead of the 13th anniversary of the decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. Listen now. [link removed]

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