5 takeaways from this year’s state Supreme Court races

 

Friday, November 8 New York judge strikes down state’s Voting Rights Act A New York court struck down the New York Voting Rights Act. The judge held that the state-level voting rights act unconstitutionally “provides enhanced rights” to minority groups, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 affirmative action ruling. Walz pledges to continue protecting democracy  “As long as I’m governor of Minnesota, we’ll be a state that respects democracy, a place where we’re proud of our civic debate and where we don’t demonize people who disagree with us,” Gov. Tim Walz (D) said in Minnesota on Friday during his first speech since the election. Since Walz’s term as governor wasn’t up in 2024, he can return to the position. He added that “we across this state have fought for everyone’s right to participate fully in our democracy.” Back in May, before he joined Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, he signed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act into law. Five takeaways from this year’s state Supreme Court races Tuesday's election saw dozens of candidates win seats on state high courts, with Democrats and Republicans securing respective majorities in Michigan and Ohio. Read here to learn about five takeaways from this year's state Supreme Court races. GOP Senate candidate fails in attempts to target provisional ballots  Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate David McCormick's legal attempts to throw out provisional ballots in Philadelphia have failed. A state judge rejected his first lawsuit and McCormick withdrew his second lawsuit. Arizona Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake’s seventh bid to overturn 2022 election The Arizona Supreme Court rejected Kari Lake's (R) request for a do-over of the 2022 gubernatorial election — marking the seventh, and final, time that her attempt to overturn her loss has been denied. Lake is currently running for U.S. Senate in Arizona and the race against her Democratic challenger Ruben Gallego remains too early to call. RNC appeals dismissal of Michigan voter purge lawsuit The Republican National Committee appealed the dismissal of its Michigan voter purge lawsuit to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A couple of weeks ago, a federal judge tossed out the case seeking to purge allegedly “ineligible” voters from Michigan's rolls.