Republicans to press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots [View all]
Source: Reuters
October 22, 2024 4:59 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Republicans on Tuesday vowed to appeal court rulings rejecting their efforts to block some Americans living abroad from voting in North Carolina and Michigan, part of an aggressive legal campaign by the party ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
The Republican National Committee had filed lawsuits in the two battleground states, as well as the crucial state of Pennsylvania, challenging what they call illegal overseas voting.
On Monday, judges in Michigan and North Carolina said the RNC had no grounds to challenge the states' election statutes, and found the party failed to show it would suffer irreparable harm. In a statement announcing the appeals, an RNC spokesperson said: "We are fighting to protect every legal vote, including from military and overseas citizens, to not be canceled by ineligible votes."
As many as 1.6 million Americans living overseas, including U.S. military members and their families, are eligible to cast ballots in the seven swing states, according to the Democratic National Committee. Locked in a tight race, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump both are courting their support. At the same time, however, Republicans have been seeking to restrict voting rules for some of them.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/republicans-press-ahead-bid-block-some-overseas-ballots-2024-10-22/
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