As a senior case coordinator at Democracy Docket, Rachel tracks and reports on a wide range of voting rights and election-related litigation. Originally from Connecticut, Rachel graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where she participated in her university’s voter registration organization and served as a poll worker. In her free time, Rachel enjoys long-distance running and exploring local landmarks and museums.
A panel of Trump-appointed judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) request to invalidate a Mississippi election law that allows for the counting of timely postmarked mail-in ballots for up to five days after an election.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that counties must count provisional ballots cast in person by voters who mistakenly submitted “naked” mail-in ballots that lacked an inner secrecy envelope.
A federal judge ordered Virginia election officials to temporarily halt Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) voter purge program that targeted the registrations of naturalized citizens and other eligible Virginians on the eve of the Nov. 5 general election.
A Wisconsin judge dismissed a right-wing lawsuit alleging that the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is failing to properly maintain its voter rolls.
A federal judge today tossed out the Republican National Committee’s lawsuit seeking to gain access to Michigan’s voter roll maintenance records in order to purge allegedly “ineligible” registrants.
A Michigan judge rejected the Republican National Committee (RNC)’s lawsuit challenging the ability of certain overseas voters to cast absentee ballots and have their votes counted in the battleground state this election.
A federal judge tossed out part of the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) legal bid to remove up to 225,000 North Carolinians from the state’s voter rolls based on allegations of faulty voter registrations.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania settled a lawsuit brought by residents alleging that election administration issues — including paper ballot shortages across at least 50 precincts — disenfranchised voters during the county’s 2022 midterm elections.
In a 4-3 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a recent directive from Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) that effectively prohibits authorized individuals from returning an absentee ballot to a drop box on behalf of a family member or voter with disabilities.
A federal judge today ensured voters who need assistance can still receive it by striking down key provisions in Texas’s controversial Senate Bill 1.