December 20, 2023
At least 100 civil rights groups, minority coalitions and Native American tribes in 2023 continued their challenges to voter redistricting efforts in at least half a dozen states, with more set to play out into the new year in the appellate courts.
November 27, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Monday denied a request by two of Arizona's top Republican lawmakers seeking to stay a discovery order compelling them to produce their communications and documentation in an ongoing Voting Rights Act case.
November 20, 2023
Two of Arizona's top Republican lawmakers are asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to stay a discovery order compelling them to produce their communications and documentation in an ongoing Voting Rights Act case, saying it violates their right to legislative privilege.
November 09, 2023
The Republican Party of Arizona must produce certain communications in connection with an ongoing Voting Rights Act dispute, a federal judge said, determining that within 61,298 withheld documents the political party failed to show how some are protected under the First Amendment or attorney-client privilege.
November 02, 2023
A coalition of civil rights' groups say there is significant overlap between already resolved claims in an Arizona voting rights' case and those that remain for argument in federal district court, claiming that an early partial final judgment ruling would unnecessarily burden the Ninth Circuit with two sets of appeals.
October 13, 2023
A split Ninth Circuit panel has stayed a lower court's order compelling two top Republican Arizona lawmakers to produce their communications in an ongoing Voting Rights Act case, saying the question of legislative privilege warrants an answer from all real parties in the litigation.
October 11, 2023
The Republican National Committee is asking a federal district judge for a final judgment on resolved claims in an ongoing Arizona voting rights case, saying that there is no reason for delaying the decision and that resolution is necessary ahead of the 2024 election to avoid voter confusion.
October 05, 2023
The Democratic National Committee and the Arizona Democratic Party are urging the Ninth Circuit to deny an emergency request by two state lawmakers to stay a lower court's order that found they waived legislative privilege in a Voting Rights Act suit, saying any pause in the litigation could jeopardize an upcoming trial ahead of the state's election.
September 25, 2023
Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen are asking a federal judge for a stay to appeal a lower court order in a voting rights lawsuit, saying the judge erred by compelling the production of certain communications because they're protected under legislative privilege.
May 09, 2023
Arizona's new Democratic attorney general on Monday conceded that voters need not document their U.S. citizenship and in-state residency to participate in federal elections, staking out a middle ground on Republican-backed registration rules that took effect this year.