In 2020, Trump went to the courts after losing. This time, the legal challenges have already started
With the US elections weeks away, the political battle is heating up, with both sides claiming the upper hand. However, elections are not always won or lost at the polls. Increasingly, court proceedings are used to achieve desired political outcomes. The media focuses on a handful of states, known as swing states, because they often swing between red and blue and can therefore play a major role in election outcomes. These races are tightening, with many state polls making it a contest too close to call. Given their electoral importance, any legal challenges in these states are of potentially great significance....
Republicans ask US Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania
Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year’s election in the battleground state.
Republican battleground state legal blitz falters ahead of US presidential election
(Reuters) -Donald Trump's Republican allies have suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in battleground U.S. presidential election states as Election Day draws closer, losses that could boost voter turnout and speed certification of the eventual winner.
GOP’s aggressive court strategy sets the stage to cast doubt on the 2024 results
This election cycle — in which a former president who tried to overturn his 2020 loss is topping the Republican ticket — has featured an unprecedented amount of pre-election litigation, with the GOP touting that it’s been involved in 130 cases.
Homeless people already struggle to vote. This law could make it harder.
Civil rights groups say new Georgia voting rules have made it too easy to challenge the eligibility of people living in nursing homes, college dormitories and military facilities, and will make it more difficult for homeless people to register to vote. The new rules are included in a broader law, signed by Republican Gov. Brian […]
Georgia smashes records on first day of early voting as GOP hand-counting rule blocked by judge
A record number of Georgia voters submitted their ballots on Tuesday, the first day of early voting in the state, just as a superior court judge blocked a rule that would have required poll workers to count ballots by hand.Approximately 320,000 people went to the polls to vote early in Georgia, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office. Another 24,000 people have already submitted their absentee ballot.The previous early voting first-day record was in 2020 when approximately 136,000 ballots were submitted.Voters may have been motivated to vote early because the state has undergone a series of controversial election...