Daily Docket — Tuesday, March 21

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Here are some updates you may have missed.

In this morning’s opinion release, the U.S. Supreme Court did not release decisions in the two major voting rights cases, Moore v. Harper or Merrill v. Milligan. Yesterday, the parties involved in Moore submitted briefs to SCOTUS on whether the Court still has jurisdiction over the case. Learn more here.

Today is the first day of early voting in the highly consequential Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Find your voting site and help get out the vote for this important election.

Last week, North Carolina Republicans introduced a bill that would amend the state constitution to end the principle of one person, one vote in the state Senate. Currently, every state senator represents a roughly equal number of North Carolinians in the state Senate, but this bill would instead have each of the state’s 50 senators represent two of North Carolina’s 100 counties regardless of population. This would drastically reduce the representation of urban and suburban voters and likely violate a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.

Here’s what to expect coming up.

The Arizona Supreme Court is considering whether to take up Kari Lake's appeal of her lawsuit contesting her loss in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial race. Lower courts rejected Lake's case twice for lack of evidence. If any decision is made, we’ll keep you updated.

We are waiting for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) to sign the New Mexico Voting Rights Act into law. Tomorrow on Democracy Docket, we break down the provisions in this omnibus pro-voting bill.

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