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Oct 28 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
🗣STARTING NOW: @marceelias and @paigemoskowitz discuss voter intimidation in Arizona and legal updates from the week.

Tune in to Defending Democracy here.👇
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ICYMI: There was a hearing in federal court in a lawsuit seeking to prohibit a right-wing group and its vigilante drop box "monitors" from further intimidating voters in Arizona. A decision is expected soon.

Get a recap of what happened here.
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ICYMI: Two right-wing groups announced in an "Official Stand Down order" that they were abandoning their plans to "monitor" drop boxes in Arizona after being sued for intimidating voters.
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ICYMI: After the Arizona secretary of state submitted 6 complaints of voter intimidation to the DOJ, the DOJ released a statement suggesting that at least one of the complaints could lead to federal criminal charges.
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ICYMI: Cochise County, Arizona backtracked on their plans for a full hand count audit of 2022 ballots and instead will conduct an “expanded hand count audit” in compliance with state law.
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ICYMI: Republicans filed a lawsuit asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to prohibit counties from counting timely cast mail-in ballots that are missing a handwritten date or include an incorrect date on the outer envelopes.
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ICYMI: The 5th Circuit upheld Texas voter suppression law #SB1111, keeping it in place for future elections in the state. A lower court found that the burden imposed by the law's strict residency requirement is "severe, if not insurmountable."
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ICYMI: Nearly 70 amicus briefs were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Moore v. Harper.
—16 support Moore and the radical independent state legislature (ISL) theory
—48 support Harper and are against the ISL theory
—5 in support of neither party
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Oct 28
🚨48 amicus briefs were submitted in Moore v. Harper in support of the groups fighting for fair districts in North Carolina and against the radical independent state legislature theory.

Here are the groups, officials and individuals that sent in those briefs. 🧵
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Oct 26
🚨TODAY: A hearing will start soon in Arizona in a lawsuit claiming that a right-wing group organizing armed individuals to "monitor" drop boxes is illegally intimidating voters.

Here's what you need to know.⤵️🧵 democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-…
Last week, there were multiple reports of voter intimidation in Arizona. In one instance, a voter was followed after attempting to cast their ballot in a drop box, prompting the AZ secretary of state to refer the case of voter intimidation to the DOJ. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ar…
In another instance, "two individuals [were] stationed around the Mesa drop box in the evening with full disguises, tactical ​​gear, and magazine clips." The Maricopa County sheriff’s office later confirmed these individuals were armed. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/mo…
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Oct 24
🚨BREAKING: Arizona @ActiveRetirees and @votolatino sue an "election integrity" group and its vigilante drop box watchers in Arizona for voter intimidation, arguing the group's actions violate the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act.🧵
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This lawsuit comes after multiple reports of voter intimidation in Arizona. In one instance, a voter was followed after attempting to cast their ballot in a drop box, prompting the AZ secretary of state to refer the case of voter intimidation to the DOJ.
democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ar…
In another instance, "two individuals [were] stationed around the Mesa drop box in the evening with full disguises, tactical ​​gear, and magazine clips." The Maricopa County sheriff’s office later confirmed these individuals were armed. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/mo…
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Oct 21
🗣STARTING NOW: @marceelias and @paigemoskowitz recap this week's biggest democracy news and answer your most pressing questions.

Join the conservation below.👇
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ICYMI: The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Moore v. Harper for Dec. 7, 2022. The case opens up review of the radical independent state legislature theory, which could have major ramifications for American democracy.
democracydocket.com/news-alerts/u-…
ICYMI: The voters and groups fighting for fair districts in Moore v. Harper submitted briefs outlining their arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's a breakdown of what they are arguing.
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Oct 17
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In Arizona, Republicans are trying to strike down the state's 1991 no-excuse mail-in voting law — after supporting it for the past 30+ years. democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-…
In Pennsylvania, Republican lawmakers are seeking to strike down Act 77, the state's 2019 election reform law that established no-excuse mail-in voting. The lawmakers now suing originally supported and voted to pass the law. democracydocket.com/cases/pennsylv…
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Oct 14
🚨BREAKING: Ohio Republicans are appealing the Ohio Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's congressional map to the U.S. Supreme Court. Invoking the independent state legislature theory, the lawmakers claim that the OH Supreme Court can't block the congressional map.
Before this redistricting cycle began, Ohio voters approved amendments to the Ohio Constitution to ban partisan gerrymandering for their congressional and legislative districts.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the congressional map drawn by lawmakers violated the Ohio Constitution because it was gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. The court ordered lawmakers to create new fair districts. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/oh…
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