Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Lack of Voting Access for Eligible Incarcerated Voters
A judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging Delaware is disenfranchising eligible voters who are detained pretrial and unable to vote absentee.
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Delaware To Reinstate Early and Absentee Pro-Voting Laws After State Supreme Court Decision
Just in time for the 2024 election cycle, Delaware’s early voting and absentee voting laws will go back into effect after the state high court rejected a right-wing challenge to the laws.
State Republican Parties Want SCOTUS to Hear Kari Lake Out
The Arizona, Delaware and Georgia Republican parties are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Kari Lake’s (R) fringe voting machines lawsuit, arguing that courts set too high of a standard for election challenges to proceed.
Prisoners’ Rights Group Files Lawsuit Challenging Delaware Pretrial Voter Disenfranchisement
Today, the Prisoners for Legal Advocacy Network (PLAN) filed a lawsuit challenging Delaware’s failure to provide eligible incarcerated voters with a way to cast their ballots.
Delaware Senate Passes Amendment To Allow Mail-in Voting
On Thursday, May 4, the Delaware Senate approved a constitutional amendment to allow no-excuse mail-in voting.
Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Pro-Voting Laws
On Friday Oct. 7, the Delaware Supreme Court simultaneously reversed a decision that upheld the state’s recently enacted same-day registration law and upheld a decision that struck down Delaware’s new no-excuse mail-in voting law.
Delaware Supreme Court Hears Mail-in Voting and Same-Day Registration Challenge
On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Delaware Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought by Republicans challenging the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting law and same-day registration law.
Delaware Judge Strikes Down No-Excuse Mail-in Voting, Upholds Same-Day Registration
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, a Delaware state court struck down Senate Bill 320, a law that allowed any voter to request a mail-in ballot without an excuse, and upheld the state’s same-day voter registration law, House Substitute 1 to House Bill 25.
Republicans Challenge Same-Day Registration and Mail-in Voting in Delaware
On Wednesday, July 27, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) announced that it filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s two recently enacted pro-voting laws, which establish no-excuse mail-in voting and same-day voter registration.
Delaware Passes Bill to Enact Same-Day Registration
Yesterday, the Delaware Senate passed House Substitute 1 to House Bill 25, legislation that would enact same-day voter registration in Delaware in time for this year’s elections.
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