Courtney is a staff writer who writes about voting rights, redistricting and election litigation and produces the Daily Docket. She received bachelor’s degrees in journalism and government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, she covered local news at MoCo360.
A Georgia judge rejected a third lawsuit from Julie Adams — a GOP member of the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registration — seeking additional election records she claims she needs to certify tomorrow’s election results.
The Georgia Supreme Court paused a lower court decision extending the ballot receipt deadline for over 3,000 Cobb County voters who received late ballots. The county may only count ballots that are received by 7 p.m. on Election Day — the deadline under existing state law.
The Chester County Board of Elections in Pennsylvania unanimously rejected more than 200 right-wing challenges to mail-in ballot applications during a hearing on Friday.
A judge rejected a request on Saturday from the Georgia Republican Party to shut down absentee ballot return sites open this weekend in Fulton County.
A federal judge denied the ACLU’s request Wednesday to block Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) from requiring voters to show naturalization papers if their citizenship status is challenged at a polling place.
A federal judge rejected Republican state officials’ request to block President Joe Biden’s executive order that expanded voting access.
Pennsylvania courts extended the deadline for voters to apply for and receive mail-in ballots at election offices in two counties on Wednesday.
Hundreds of ballots in Washington and a few in Oregon were destroyed by drop box fires on Monday — nearly a week before Election Day.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) told voters in a release Monday that if their mail-in ballots must be delivered by Election Day, they should mail them by Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Republican officials in Florida, Ohio and Texas sued President Joe’s Biden administration this week, alleging that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is denying them access to citizenship records needed to maintain their voter rolls.