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Judge hears case over Montana rule blocking trans residents from changing sex on birth certificate
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judge in Montana heard arguments Thursday over policies that block transgender people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses. District Court Judge Mike Menahan did not immediately issue a ruling on the...
Appeals court rules Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors can remain in effect
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana law banning gender-affirming care for minors can remain in effect, a federal appeals court has ruled months after allowing the ban to take effect. A panel of judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Wednesday that the law's...
A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky's near-total ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to restore the right to an abortion in Kentucky in the latest challenge to the state's near-total ban on the procedure. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, claims that Kentucky laws blocking abortions...
ACLU asks Arizona Supreme Court to extend 'curing' deadline after vote-count delays
PHOENIX (AP) — Voter rights groups on Saturday petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with their mail-in ballots following delays in vote counting and notifying voters about problems. The American Civil Liberties Union and the...
West Virginia voter, ACLU file lawsuit after Democrat state senate candidate left off ballot
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A voter filed a lawsuit against a county in ruby-red West Virginia on Tuesday calling for a special election after close to 700 people cast erroneous ballots that omitted the name of a Democratic state senate candidate. Mingo County voter James Williamson...
Federal judge lets Iowa keep challenging voter rolls although naturalized citizens may be affected
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue challenging the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens even though critics said the effort threatens the voting rights of people who’ve recently become U.S. citizens. U.S. District...
Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she's a transgender woman
The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman. ...
Hundreds of Pennsylvania voters are challenged based on postal service's change-of-address database
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Philadelphia's suburbs are being asked to throw out the mail-in ballot applications of hundreds of voters in what the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania said are mass-produced and illegal challenges. The challenges question the...
Computer glitch could keep 1,900 teens from voting in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina ruled Friday that it is too late to reopen voter registration for nearly 1,900 teens after the state Department of Motor Vehicles failed to notify election officials that they checked the box to register as they got their driver's licenses. ...
People with felony records can now vote in Nebraska — and it could help tip the balance in November
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could add hundreds of new voters to the rolls and potentially help tip the balance on Nov. 5. ...
