As a senior case coordinator at Democracy Docket, Rachel tracks and reports on a wide range of voting rights and election-related litigation. Originally from Connecticut, Rachel graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where she participated in her university’s voter registration organization and served as a poll worker. In her free time, Rachel enjoys long-distance running and exploring local landmarks and museums.
Pennsylvania organizations and voters are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether rejecting mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on return envelopes violates a federal Civil Rights Act provision.
The Utah Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that a proposed anti-democratic constitutional amendment set to appear on the November ballot shall remain void, rejecting Republican legislators’ request to reinstate the proposal.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed a legal bid from two Republican legislators to alter existing rules about where voters can return their completed absentee ballots for tabulation.
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed a lower court’s decision requiring Washington County to notify voters of errors on their mail-in ballots and afford them an opportunity to cast provisional ballots at the polls this November.
A federal judge yesterday denied a right-wing group’s request to invalidate provisions of a Minnesota law that combat election disinformation and voter intimidation.
A federal judge upheld a set of Idaho laws enacted last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature that eliminated the use of student IDs for voter registration and in-person voting.
In a 4-3 order issued today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a Commonwealth Court decision that would have required counties in the battleground state to count mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect handwritten dates on their outer return envelopes.
Robert Froman — a Republican member of Kalamazoo, Michigan’s board of canvassers — pledged to certify the results of the November 2024 election after previously claiming he’d decline to do so if the race was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump.
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a lawsuit led by Black Voters Matter (BVM) alleging the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map unconstitutionally diminishes Black voting power in North Florida.
This morning, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that Butler County must count provisional ballots cast at a polling place from voters who inadvertently submitted mail-in ballots without an inner secrecy envelope — also known as “naked ballots.”