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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.
On Oct. 18, the Georgia Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Georgia Republican Party challenging a ruling earlier that week declaring seven last-minute election rules invalid and unconstitutional.
A district court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Nevada Republican Party and a voter challenging the state’s maintenance of its voter rolls. This is the second time the lawsuit has been dismissed.
The Arkansas Supreme Court mandated Thursday that there must be two early voting sites in West Memphis, a majority-Black city, after the town previously offered zero for the November 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.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people who have completed sentences for felony convictions can register to vote under state law, enfranchising thousands of eligible voters.
A federal judge ordered Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) to temporarily pause a voter purge program that targeted naturalized citizens and moved their voter registrations from active to inactive status. Voters who were sent purge letters will have their voter registration restored and be able to vote this November.
In a win for voters, a judge temporarily blocked a last-minute Georgia State Election Board (SEB) rule that would have required election officials to verify the vote total by hand counting ballots after polls close on Election Day.
The Arizona Supreme Court issued an administrative order on Tuesday requiring all trial court judges in the Grand Canyon State to prioritize post-election cases.
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.