Policies & Impacts
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Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Challenge to Post-Election Ballot Counting
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The Supreme Court seemed receptive on Oct. 8 that a Republican congressman should be allowed to challenge an Illinois law that enables the counting of ballots for two weeks after Election Day. Arguments in the case focused on the question of legal standing, as opposed to the merits of the lawsuit contesting the Illinois statute.…
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Federal Judge Tosses Election Map Used for Mississippi Supreme Court
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A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock held on Aug. 19 that the current map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of black voters and violates Section 2 of the…
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Virginia’s Request to Dismiss Felon Voting Case
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The Supreme Court on June 23 rejected Virginia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s lifetime voting ban on convicted felons. The new order in O’Bannon v. King took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. The petitioner, John O’Bannon, who is chairman of the…
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Supreme Court to Hear Congressman’s Challenge to State Ballot-Counting Law
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The Supreme Court said on June 2 that it will consider a congressman’s challenge to an Illinois law that allows ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day to be counted. A victory for the petitioner, Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.), could open the door to more lawsuits being filed in other states against the…
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Lawmakers, State Officials Debate Trump’s Order on Election Integrity
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order titled “The Preserving and Protecting of the Integrity of American Elections” and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) were the topics at an April 8 hearing of the House Subcommittee on Elections. The SAVE Act passed the House of Representatives 220–208 two days after the hearing. It requires…
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Democratic State Attorneys General Sue Over Trump’s Voting Executive Order
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A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on April 3 disputing President Donald Trump’s executive order that requires voters to verify they are U.S. citizens and prevents states from counting mail-in ballots they receive after Election Day. Filed in Boston federal court, the lawsuit follows two others that challenge the order.…
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Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Voting Rights Act Case
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The Supreme Court on March 24 grappled with a much-litigated racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana involving two consolidated cases: Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais. Gerrymandering refers to the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to benefit a particular party or constituency. The case came after the Supreme Court in June 2023 struck down on…
