Regional & State News
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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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FBI Renews Scrutiny Over Handling of 2020 Election Interference Allegation Against China
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WASHINGTON—The FBI has stepped up scrutiny over how it handled previously undisclosed documents containing source claims over alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 elections. The documents, which the agency’s director declassified on June 16 and shared with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), were dated months before the 2020 presidential election. They show the FBI alerting federal…
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Grassley Probing Withheld FBI Records on Alleged Chinese Election Interference
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking the FBI for additional records regarding alleged Chinese election interference files after finding the agency had sought to destroy relevant information. FBI Director Kash Patel has shared a file with Grassley in response to the senator’s request for an intelligence information report from its Albany Field Office dated Sept.…
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LIVE NOW: House Rules Committee Holds Meeting on HR 884: Banning Non-Citizen Voting in DC Elections and More
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The House Rules Committee holds a meeting at 4 p.m. ET on June 9 on the following bills: H.R. 884—To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 H.R. 2056—District of Columbia…
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Michigan House Sues Secretary of State Over Subpoenaed Election-Worker Training Materials
The Office of Legal Counsel for the Michigan House of Representatives filed a lawsuit on June 4 against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, over her refusal to turn over subpoenaed election materials to the House Oversight Committee. The lawsuit, filed in the Michigan Court of Claims, requests a declaratory judgment from the court…
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Department of Justice Moves to Cut Off Funding for Wisconsin Elections Commission
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 4 said that Wisconsin officials have failed to comply with an election-related requirement in federal law and should thus not receive any additional federal funding. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires states to establish procedures that let voters lodge complaints alleging violations of the statute. States…
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Iowa Bans Ranked-Choice Voting, Authorizes Requests for Proof of Citizenship at Polls
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two election-related bills into law on June 2—one to prohibit the use of ranked-choice voting in any election across the state and allow poll workers to request proof of voter citizenship, and another that overhauls and standardizes the state’s election recount procedures. Reynolds’s office announced the signing of both bills—House…
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Nevada Reaches Bipartisan Deal on Election Reform Bill, Including Voter ID and Ballot Drop Boxes
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Nevada lawmakers have reached a rare bipartisan agreement on voting reforms, combining Republican-backed voter ID requirements with Democratic-supported expansion of ballot drop boxes in a newly passed bill that awaits the governor’s signature. The compromise comes in the form of Assembly Bill 499, which passed the Nevada Senate on June 2 with a 16–5 vote…
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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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California Files Appeal After Court Allows Huntington Beach to Require Voter ID in Local Elections
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The State of California filed an appeal in its lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach on May 28, asking a state appellate court to reverse a lower court’s decision that allowed the city to require photo ID in its municipal elections. In a lawsuit filed last year challenging Measure A, the city’s initiative, Attorney…
