Category: Courts

U.S. Supreme Court Restores Arizona Law Aimed at Disenfranchising Native Americans and College Students

In a 5-4 vote August 22nd, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated part of an Arizona voter suppression bill requiring citizens to provide proof of citizenship in addition to other identity documents.  The law targets Native American voters, who sometimes don’t have birth certificates, and college students, who may not have the documents available.  Both groups skew liberal.

New Report Recommends State Officials Be Proactive to Keep Rogue County Election Boards from Not Certifying Elections 

Our series on keeping our Presidential election from being overturned by bad actors explained how the new Electoral Count Reform Act clarifies federal and state rules.  But we’ve also learned how the blocking of election certification by rogue county election boards is still a possibility.  A new report recommends ways of stopping those disruptions.