GOP Asks SCOTUS To Block 40,000 Arizonans From Voting In November
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The Republican National Committee is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in an Arizona election dispute this week and block up to 40,000 of the…
Teamsters Attack Union Leader Over Republican Convention Speech
From today’s The Guardian: The Teamsters’ social media account attacked its own president on Wednesday, saying “unions gain nothing from endorsing the racist, misogynistic, and anti-trans politics of the far…
Ohio AG Thwarts Voting Rights Amendment
From today’s AP News: Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations…
Three Legal Arguments By GOP Threaten Voting Rights Act In 2024
From today’s NPR News: The Voting Rights Act had a roller-coaster year in the courts in 2023, and legal challenges to the landmark law are set to continue this year.…
Alabama’s Congressional Map Struck Down Again
From today’s NPR News: Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court ruling that found the state’s map of congressional election districts likely violates the…
GOP Face Setbacks in Restricting Voting Laws on College Campuses
From today’s Boston Globe: Alarmed over young people increasingly proving to be a force for Democrats at the ballot box, Republican lawmakers in a number of states have been trying…
GOP Justices on North Carolina’s Supreme Court Move to Overturn Democratic Rulings
From today’s New York Times: An extraordinary pair of orders by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Supreme Court is highlighting how the partisan tug of war has pervaded the state’s courts and,…
Rural Arizona County Delays Certifying Midterm Votes, Citing False Election Claims
From today’s CNN News: Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November’s midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and leading the Arizona secretary of state’s office…
Who Counts As Black In Voting Maps? Louisiana GOP Wants To Narrow It
From today’s NPR News: Who counts as Black? The thorny question has quietly found its way before the U.S. Supreme Court again, ensnared in a major legal battle over the…
Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme by Trump Supporters
From today’s New York Times: In early 2021, with the turmoil of a bitterly contested presidential contest still fresh, several election clerks in Michigan received strange phone calls. The person…