Notices by Marc Elias (marcelias@mas.to)

With 120 days until Election Day, Democracy Docket is tracking 147 active voting and election cases in 39 states. Here are the states with the most: PA (17), AZ (9), NC (9), WI (9), GA (8).

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🚨BREAKING VICTORY: Supreme Court BLOCKS conservative redistricting lawsuit. Louisiana will use its congressional map with two majority-Black districts for the 2024 elections! https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisiana-congressional-redistricting-challenge-callais/

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's Election Procedure Manual. Another big win for win for the voters of Arizona. Another loss for the RNC. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-2023-election-procedures-manual-challenge-rnc/

Maya Angelou warned us that when someone shows us who they are, we need to believe them the first time. This isn’t even the first time and yet too many refuse to believe that he will do what he says — again.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/when-trump-attacks-our-elections-we-will-have-no-excuse/

🚨BREAKING: NY Appellate Court upholds New York's Early Mail Voter Act and dismisses RNC lawsuit. Another victory for our clients and the voters of New York!
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-york-early-mail-voter-act-challenge/

There was a major recent voting rights victory in Montana where Republicans are passing voter suppression laws to please conspiracy theorists, not to solve any real problems.

I explain what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzxgxhdKNRM

I hope you read and share my latest.

Donald Trump and his Republican allies have no intention of accepting the outcome of a free and fair election. They are boasting about building a voter suppression war machine. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/when-trump-attacks-our-elections-we-will-have-no-excuse/

As I told Brian Tyler Cohen, I don't compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between an arsonist and a firefighter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO2nyimwCEM&list=PLOMpnzRkbFsi2yOiCKDN3fYgOzvrvfZm4&index=1

In less than 15 minutes I explain how conservatives have hatched a new scheme - Project 2025 - to threaten democracy and undermine how our government functions.

Watch now: https://youtu.be/rDikvtSEtMY

The RNC's senior counsel for election integrity has been indicted in Arizona on nine felony charges – including conspiracy, fraud and forgery – related to her effort to subvert the 2020 election.

For the GOP, experience in criminal election subversion is now a job qualification.

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court REJECTS two right wing lawsuits to limit ballot drop boxes and to force stricter rules for signature verification.

Congrats to the ELG team on the victories for our clients and Arizona voters. https://democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-signature-verification-challenge/
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-drop-boxes-challenge/

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS new Montana voter suppression law. Congratulations to the ELG team who litigated the case and our clients.
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/montana-double-voter-registration-penalty-challenge/

Now you know why my law firm is currently litigating 56 voting rights and election cases in 21 states.👇

"The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half the states." https://apnews.com/article/rnc-trump-lawsuits-2024-election-voter-rolls-c7d8943dcac776103d948532f62f2a5c?taid=66254d248c42f20001fa6fc9&utm

🚨BREAKING: Nevada Supreme Court rules that pro-abortion initiative will be on the ballot this November. Congratulations to the ELG team who argued this case successfully and our client Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom! https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NV-opinion.pdf

Today is the 3rd anniversary of one of the most successful corporate stunts. On April 14, 2021 hundreds of corporations took out an ad saying they "stand for democracy" and against voter suppression.

They got great press and did absolutely nothing to protect the right to vote.

🚨NEW: Federal Court DISMISSES Republican attack on Nevada's Election Worker Protection Law. A shameful effort to make it harder to vote and easier for rightwing election vigilantes to harass election officials. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/nevada-election-worker-protection-law-challenge/

Trump's campaign knows:

A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.

A vote for Biden is a vote for democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/politics/trump-rfk-jr-biden.html

This is a growing threat.👇

"Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn’s America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts."
https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-groups-november-2024/

This is why my team is fighting in 56 voting rights and election cases in 21 states.

"Not all the rules are set yet; some could change because of last-minute legislation and a wave of litigation." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/08/voting-laws-swing-states-2024/

If the virus of mass voter challenges is an epidemic threatening to sweep across the nation and undermine our democracy, then Georgia is patient zero.

My latest.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-virus-of-mass-voter-challenges-threatens-democracy-and-is-spreading-fast/