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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, September 29, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends, legislative activity, and updates on notable lawsuits and policy changes.

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Houston-area development has become a right-wing lightning rod on immigration

After conservative media portrayed the Colony Ridge development north of Houston as a haven for illegal immigrants, Gov. Greg Abbott said the upcoming special legislative session will look into the issue.

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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama’s request to keep separate and unequal political districts

For the second time in three months, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed Alabama’s attempts to advance its legislature’s congressional maps that federal courts have ruled harm Black voters.

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Judge sides with US slave descendants in Indigenous citizenship dispute

A judge with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ruled an 1866 treaty offers path to citizenship for Black slave descendants.

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Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants

Citizenship for freedmen, descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members, has been a difficult issue for tribes as the U.S. reckons with its history of racism.

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Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants known as freedmen

A judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has ruled in favor of two descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law protecting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in other states

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California is first state to levy a tax on guns and ammo to fund safety programs

New law will impose an additional 11% in addition to federal tax. It's one of nearly two dozen gun laws signed into law on Tuesday. but Newsom acknowledges some might not survive legal challenges.

WEKU

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.

WEKU

Court appointee proposes Alabama congressional districts to provide representation to Black voters

A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation for Black voters

The Independent UK

Restoring the Voting Rights Act is still on this Alabama Democrat's agenda

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.

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An emboldened Ken Paxton returns to a battered attorney general’s office

The impeachment proceedings, and the events that precipitated them, have left the Texas Office of the Attorney General in turmoil. Can Paxton steady the ship of an institution vital to the conservative cause?

The Texas Tribune

Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license by ex-County Clerk Kim Davis

A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue licenses to same-sex couples

The Independent UK

Wisconsin GOP's impeachment threat against state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence

Wisconsin’s April 2023 state Supreme Court election was historic. It was the nation’s most expensive judicial race ever, with over US$50 million in total spending, and it broke turnout records for an off-cycle spring election.

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A police dog’s paws are at the heart of a new Supreme Court case

A suspect pulled over by police says his rights were violated by the dog’s behaviour

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Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September

A plea deal with federal prosecutors on a gun possession charge that would have kept Hunter Biden out of prison fell through in July. Members of Congress are mulling impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuit contends Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause bars Trump from running again for president

As former President Donald Trump leads the GOP pack heading into 2024 he faces four criminal cases. A lawsuit alleges he cannot run based on a clause prohibiting those who support insurrection from seeking higher office.

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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

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Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court — after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district

In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting districts that failed to create a second district where Black voters could elect a political candidate of their choice.

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Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign

The Independent UK

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election

The Independent UK

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power

A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court

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Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

The Independent UK

After years of fighting, a praying football coach got his job back. Now he's unsure he wants it

Years after assistant coach Joe Kennedy left a Washington state high school football team over objections to his post-game praying on the field, he has returned to the gridiron thanks to a Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK

Groups seek to use the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots

Liberal groups are trying to end Donald Trump's attempt to return to the White House by arguing that he is no longer eligible to be president after trying to overturn the 2020 election results

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