Judicial Rulings on Absentee Voting and Executions

Several significant judicial rulings were made recently. In Mississippi, U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee challenging the state's law allowing absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if received within five days after. In Wisconsin, a judge dismissed a lawsuit contesting the state's absentee voting rules, finding no breach of state requirements. In Utah, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by attorneys for Taberon Honie, who is facing execution, ruling that the drugs planned for his execution do not constitute cruel or unusual punishment. Additionally, an open records dispute in Oklahoma was settled in favor of Stephens County District Attorney Jason Hicks, who was found to have provided all requested records related to a clemency hearing for death row inmate Richard Glossip.