Disgraced GOP operative drove voting place cuts in North Carolina
- Dallas Woodhouse, who resigned from the State Auditor’s office after texts revealed how he pressured counties to change early voting plans to benefit Republicans, came up repeatedly as the North Carolina State Board of Elections reviewed counties’ early voting plans.
- Despite his departure, several county-level Republican voting officials said Thursday that Woodhouse was behind their plans to limit Sunday voting and oppose polling sites on college campuses. More broadly, he was a driving force behind their efforts to curtail voting opportunities.
➤ More on Woodhouse’s influence
Also in North Carolina: Election board denies voting site at nation’s largest Black university for second time
- The board once again refused to provide an accessible early voting location at North Carolina A&T State University, the nation’s largest historically Black college or university.
- With student activists in the front row, the GOP-controlled board rejected their pleas for an on-campus polling place in November’s general election during a vote yesterday.
➤ More on the board’s denial
Right-wing group loses bid to block new trial in Colorado voter intimidation suit
- A federal appeals court is giving pro-voters a second chance to prove a Colorado “election integrity” group unlawfully intimidated voters.
- Pro-voting groups accused the United States Election Integrity Plan (USEIP) of intimidating voters by showing up at individual voters’ houses to ask who they had voted for, taking pictures of their homes and making allegations of voter fraud.
➤ About the upcoming trial
9th Circuit junks GOP lawsuit challenging Nevada’s mail ballot grace period
- The court tossed a Republican lawsuit challenging Nevada’s grace period for mail ballots today, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee.
- The ruling puts an end to a challenge first brought in 2024 that would have made it more difficult for Nevadans to be certain their mail ballots will be counted.
➤ How did the court rule?
Arkansas Supreme Court rejects bid to save direct democracy ballot initiative
- The bid would have put an initiative on the ballot this November that would bar state lawmakers from amending or repealing voter-approved measures like constitutional amendments adopted by voters.
- The move comes after the GOP rejected 20,000 of the 108,000 submitted petition signatures over an administrative error.
➤ Why this is a loss for voters
Trump-appointed federal prosecutor’s retaliatory subpoenas cannot go forward, appeals court rules
- A federal appeals court ruled John Sarcone III’s subpoenas against New York Attorney General Letitia James are invalid because Trump appointed him illegally.
➤ Read more about the court’s 2-1 decision
Texas appeals court won’t block GOP-led county from changing voting maps after primary
- A Texas appeals court denied an emergency effort to stop Galveston County from using new voting districts in the November election, allowing the GOP-led county’s plan to change its map after the primary to move forward for now as the general election approaches.
➤ Read the latest from Galveston County
ICYMI: Video of the Chick-fil-A voting argument
- Yesterday, we reported on how a GOP county board member in North Carolina invoked Chick-fil-A’s policy of not being open on Sunday as a reason to scale back weekend voting. It was odd.
➤ Watch the video
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