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.
The Idaho Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit from state Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R) seeking to block an initiative from the November ballot that would implement an open primary system and other electoral reforms.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) discretionary voting rights restoration policy for individuals with felony convictions will remain in place after a federal judge rejected a lawsuit challenging the practice as an arbitrary and unconstitutional licensing scheme.
The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights to 55,000 Minnesotans on parole, probation or community release due to a felony conviction.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) promptly appealed its lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline just a few days after a Republican-appointed federal judge dismissed the challenge as meritless.
Pro-voter organizations were issued a big win today after a Kansas court temporarily blocked a law that sought to criminalize some voter registration activities.
A Wisconsin judge today rejected a right-wing lawsuit that sought to upend certain aspects of the state’s absentee voting process and impose additional burdens on voters and election officials ahead of the state’s upcoming August primary elections.
Last Friday, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and a Black voter agreed to voluntarily dismiss their remaining claim in a federal lawsuit that had originally challenged the state’s congressional map as being racially gerrymandered and intentionally discriminatory.
A federal judge rejected the Republican National Committee’s challenge to a Mississippi election law that allows for the counting of mail-in ballots up to five days after an election so long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day.
A federal three-judge panel signed off on a new Michigan state Senate map after striking down a previous set of districts for being racially gerrymandered.
The U.S. Department of Justice submitted a statement in support of New Hampshire voters who allege that thousands of AI-generated robocalls made ahead of the state’s 2024 presidential primary intimidated Democratic voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act.