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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued an announcement that nongovernmental groups are barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies. Only state and local election officials are now permitted to register voters at these ceremonies. 

At a naturalization ceremony in Ulster, the League of Women Voters continued to register new voters. Despite the new policy, the group’s Mid-Hudson Region chapter attended a ceremony at SUNY Ulster where they registered 14 new voters.

In a case stemming from North Dakota's 2021 redistricting plan, the Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether citizens can sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

The justices paused the Eighth Circuit's ruling from taking effect while the court decides whether to hear the case. But, if the Court ultimately upholds that decision nationwide, it would represent the most significant rollback of voting rights since Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.

The AZ Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit by the state GOP and anti-voting groups that sought to restrict how mail-in ballot signatures are verified. The court found the plaintiffs lacked standing, and that the matter was one of partisan disagreement.

Democracy Docket writes: "With nearly 90% of Arizonans voting by mail, the ruling preserves a flexible signature verification system that prevents wrongful ballot rejections, while also making clear that courts won’t indulge partisan lawsuits..."