Lawsuits across six battleground states will significantly impact the November election as laws regarding mail-in balloting are challenged.
In the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, lawsuits that have either concluded or remain ongoing over laws about mail-in and absentee ballots are shaping how votes will be counted in the general election.
Republican-led states enacted a higher amount of election-related laws this year compared to Democratic-led states, according to a new Ballotpedia report.
The lawsuit alleged that Maricopa County has violated multiple state election laws, such as refusing to maintain chain of custody for ballots and requiring in-person ballot curing for voters, as well as using artificial intelligence for signature verification on ballots instead of only humans.
Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes A state judge ruled against the Arizona Free Enterprise Club in a pair of lawsuits brought against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over the state's dropbox and signature matching procedures for mail-in ballots.
The mail-in ballot procedures are part of the Arizona Election Procedures Manual, which the secretary of state is in charge of putting together.
The International Alliance of Theater Stage Employees Local 927 sued the members of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections and members of the Georgia State Election Board in federal court over the state's deadline to receive absentee ballot applications for presidential elections.
Last month, the judge dismissed the State Election Board members from the case, allowing the case to move forward with the Fulton County election board members.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement regarding the ruling, "This RNC legal victory confirms the importance of mail ballot safeguards in Michigan's Constitution. The Secretary of State's covert attempts to sidestep these rules were rightfully rejected by the court, exposing that her attacks on election integrity have no substance. This win is just the latest development in our ongoing fight to promote fair and transparent elections in the Great Lakes State." Nevada: Republican National Committee et al.
In May, the Republican National Committee, the Nevada Republican Party, and the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar and county officials over state law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.
The lawsuit argues that state law violates federal law and presumes "That ballots received up to three days after Election Day 'have been postmarked on or before the day of the election.'" Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in March that Pennsylvania may enforce state law requiring envelopes for mail-in ballots to be dated and include the voter's signature.
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