Last-minute election lawsuits may serve political goals, law prof says

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Final-minute election lawsuits might serve political objectives, regulation prof says

By Debra Cassens Weiss

August 30, 2024, 9:50 am CDT

Final-minute lawsuits difficult election guidelines and voter-registration procedures are being filed in battleground states within the run-up to the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Democrats and Republicans are submitting fits, the Wall Road Journal studies. Democrats are difficult a brand new Georgia rule for certifying outcomes, whereas Republicans are difficult voter-registration procedures in North Carolina and Arizona.

Prior fits have already produced rulings in different states relating to the principles for absentee ballots, rules for voter registration and the cleanup of voter rolls, in line with the article.

The fits are unlikely to end in large modifications in how voters solid their ballots, however they’ll serve political objectives, in line with Justin Levitt, a professor on the Loyola Regulation Faculty in California, who spoke with the Wall Road Journal.

Partisan fits may also help with fundraising and encourage voters, Levitt stated.

“It fosters discontent with a system that works fairly nicely,” he instructed the Wall Road Journal.

The Wall Road Journal has particulars on these latest fits:

  • The Republican Nationwide Committee and the North Carolina Republican Celebration have filed two fits in opposition to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. One go well with claims that the elections board didn’t take away noncitizens from voter rolls, regardless of their assertion that they weren’t residents on jury questionnaires. The opposite contends that the board improperly registered voters with out correct identification to confirm citizenship. The circumstances are North Carolina Republican Celebration v. North Carolina State Board of Elections and Republican Nationwide Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections.

  • The chair of the Arizona Republican Celebration has sued Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs over govt orders increasing areas for voter-registration areas and poll drop-offs. The case is Swoboda v. Hobbs.

  • Democratic officers in Georgia have sued the state election board to problem new guidelines governing the certification of votes. The brand new guidelines require election officers to conduct a “cheap inquiry” earlier than vote certification and to permit county board members to look at election-related documentation. The go well with contends that the rule change turns affirmation of vote totals “right into a broad license” for board members to hunt for purported election irregularities, doubtlessly delaying certification and displacing court-supervised processes for addressing fraud. The case is Abhiraman v. State Election Board.

Hat tip to How Interesting, which famous the story and supplied a hyperlink.

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SCOTUS permits Arizona voter-registration regulation requiring proof of citizenship