Swing State Judges Rebuff GOP Challenges to 2024 Overseas Voting

Oct. 30, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

Republicans lost three recent lawsuits challenging how battleground states are handling voting for US citizens living overseas, with one Michigan judge slamming the “11th-hour attempt to disenfranchise” Americans ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Courts dismissed or denied emergency action in cases filed in Michigan and North Carolina by the Republican National Committee and in Pennsylvania by GOP members of Congress. The three states are expected to be critical in the race for the White House between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Taken together, the rulings show US judges are wary of lawsuits asking them ...

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