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Michigan officials have become the latest Democratic figures to publicly slam the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a nationwide proof of citizenship bill that could disenfranchise millions of voters.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that blocked key provisions of two Arizona laws demanding documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) to vote in presidential elections when using the federal voter registration form and lowering the barrier for county election officials to cancel registrations.
Arizona Republican leaders sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday asking her to review and reconsider the Department of Justice’s position in a lawsuit challenging the state’s restrictive proof of citizenship law.
The advocacy group Disability Rights Louisiana (DRLA) voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit challenging four Louisiana laws that they previously said could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters with disabilities who use absentee ballots.
The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, will hear oral argument Tuesday on whether the New York City Noncitizen Voting Law violated the state constitution and state laws.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral argument Tuesday concerning state and national Republicans’ appeal of a decision striking down part of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1.
An appellate court in New York reversed a lower court overturning the state’s John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) — a law that grants voters additional protections not covered by federal law.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would require anyone registering to vote in federal elections to provide proof of citizenship, will be one of the first ten bills considered in the new Congress.
President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would add 63 new federal judges over the next decade, explaining that the bill “fails to resolve key questions” about the allocation of judges and senior status judges.
The newly-elected 119th Congress will be sworn in Friday and the GOP — which has repeatedly targeted voting rights — is set to control both chambers for the first time since 2019.
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