Plaintiffs are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling upholding a North Carolina law linked to same-day voter registration rules.
Multiple lawsuits in recent years have targeted reforms that tighten election rules in North Carolina.
A federal judge has rejected left-of-center groups’ challenge of a North Carolina law linked to same-day voter registration rules.
A federal judge will allow left-of-center groups to use email to serve a trial subpoena for election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell. The judge denied the groups’ request to compel Mitchell’s appearance at a trial scheduled later this month in Winston-Salem.
North Carolina-based election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell is urging a federal judge to reject requests from left-of-center groups to compel her testimony next month at a trial in Winston-Salem. Mitchell filed court documents Thursday suggesting that she has no relevant information in the case challenging a 2023 state law. It changed rules linked to same-day voter registration, or SDR.
Left-of-center groups challenging a provision of North Carolina election law are asking a federal judge to help them ensure election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell testifies at a trial next month in Winston-Salem. The challenged provision involves same-day voter registration rules.
A federal judge has rejected requests from North Carolina’s legislative leaders and the State Board of Elections to dismiss a lawsuit targeting changes to state same-day voter registration rules. US District Judge Thomas Schroeder plans to “determine a trial date” during a hearing Tuesday in Winston-Salem.
State legislative leaders and the North Carolina State Board of Elections urge a federal judge to rule in their favor in one of three lawsuits challenging a provision in state law affecting same-day voter registration. An earlier court ruling blocked the provision from taking effect during the 2024 election cycle.
Conservative election activist Cleta Mitchell has asked a federal court for a protective order against left-of-center activist group Democracy NC. Mitchell argues that ideological opponents hope to use a legal deposition to gather information they can use against her election integrity work.
Top Republican state lawmakers have asked a federal judge to pause a third lawsuit challenging 2023 changes to North Carolina’s state election law. The judge already has placed two related lawsuits on hold this month. Unlike the other two cases, plaintiffs from the left-of-center activist group Democracy North Carolina have not agreed to stay the proceedings in their case.
The State Board of Elections filed paperwork Tuesday supporting the dismissal of two federal election-related lawsuits. One focuses on voting rights for felons. The other targets North Carolina’s latest election reform law.
