DEMOCRACY DOCKET: Judge upholds Ohio’s proof of citizenship requirement

 

Thursday, October 31 Republicans double down on noncitizen voting issue A federal judge denied the ACLU’s request to block Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) from requiring voters to show naturalization papers if their citizenship status is challenged at a polling place. The League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa and naturalized citizens contested voter challenges in Iowa in a new lawsuit. The plaintiffs claimed that on Oct. 22, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) told local officials to secretly challenge the eligibility of at least 2,000 voters he claimed were suspected of being noncitizens. In a new YouTube video, Marc and Democracy Docket’s Paige Moskowitz discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday permitting Virginia to reinstate its voter purge program targeting 1,600 alleged noncitizens. MARC ELIAS,PAIGE MOSKOWITZ, New York’s top court upholds pro-voting absentee ballot law New York's highest court upheld a pro-voting law that streamlines the processing and counting of mail-in ballots. New York Republicans filed a lawsuit last August alleging the new law conflicted with the state constitution and existing statutes. Judge rejects GOP challenge to Biden’s pro-voting executive order A federal judge rejected a request from Republican officials in Missouri and Arkansas to block President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order expanding voting access. Former Trump attorney loses New York law license Kenneth Chesebro, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney who pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion scheme and faces a felony charge in Wisconsin for his role in a fake electors plot there, was suspended from practicing law in New York, a state court ruled. THE SCOREBOARD What will you be this Halloween? We're planning to be Democracy Defenders! Remind everyone that democracy is on the ballot and pick up your outfit today. SHOP NOW