Stay informed with breaking news updates about voting rights, democracy reform, litigation and legislation. Use the drop-down menu to organize by topic.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, 255 days after Arizona certified its 2022 midterm election results, two Arizona voters filed a fringe lawsuit seeking to invalidate the results of the election.
On Friday, Aug. 18, a federal judge declined to temporarily block two provisions of Georgia’s omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request that, if granted, would have allowed fairer maps to be in place for Miami’s 2023 city commission election.
On Friday, Aug. 18, a federal judge temporarily blocked provisions of Georgia’s omnibus 2021 voter suppression law Senate Bill 202.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, a federal judge struck down portions of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1, for violating the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act.
On Tuesday Aug. 15, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision that upheld Indiana’s restrictions on who can vote by mail in the state.
On Monday Aug. 14, a Texas judge temporarily blocked Senate Bill 1750, a law that abolishes the appointed election administrator position in Texas counties with a population of 3.5 million or more.
On Monday Aug. 14, a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump on 13 charges brought by District Attorney Fani Willis (D) for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
On Friday, Aug. 4, the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) unanimously approved changes to the state’s absentee ballot certification envelope that are intended to improve the mail-in process for voters and to better ensure that voters’ ballots are counted.
On Friday, Aug. 11, the parties in a state-level lawsuit challenging Florida’s congressional map signed an agreement that could pave the way for the state to resurrect a Black-performing district.