Civil Rights Groups Challenge Alabama’s New Voter Assistance Prohibitions
Today, civil, voting and disability rights groups filed a new lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new voter suppression law that criminalizes voter assistance.
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Today, civil, voting and disability rights groups filed a new lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new voter suppression law that criminalizes voter assistance.
On Friday, a federal court ruled that a right-wing organization, Voter Reference Foundation, is entitled to voter information after finding that New Mexico’s voter data usage rules violate the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
An Arizona judge has dismissed yet another legal challenge to the state’s 2022 election results, this time issuing sanctions and calling the challenge “meritless” and “bad faith.”
A federal judge this morning ruled in favor of U.S. Senate candidate and current Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) to block New Jersey’s controversial “county line” ballot design ahead of the state’s June 4 primary elections.
North Carolina’s new state Senate districts will remain in place for the 2024 general election as a result of a 2-1 opinion issued this morning by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The same federal court that struck down South Carolina’s congressional map for being an unconstitutional racial gerrymander ruled today that the state can use the map in the upcoming 2024 elections.
On Monday, April 1, a bench trial will begin in a federal legal challenge to Florida’s latest omnibus voter suppression law, which was signed into law last May by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
In a unanimous opinion handed down this evening, a federal three-judge panel upheld Florida’s congressional districts, rejecting a lawsuit from civil rights groups that alleged the map intentionally discriminates against Black voters in North Florida.
Mail-in ballots that are missing a date or have an incorrect date will not be counted due to a 2-1 opinion issued earlier today by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Today in a sweeping 4-3 decision ahead of the 2024 elections, the Montana Supreme Court struck down four major voter suppression laws.