{"id":2358036,"date":"2024-10-22T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-to-appeal-court-losses-in-michigan-and-north-carolina-in-overseas-voting-fights-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:09:19","slug":"rnc-to-appeal-court-losses-in-michigan-and-north-carolina-in-overseas-voting-fights-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-to-appeal-court-losses-in-michigan-and-north-carolina-in-overseas-voting-fights-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC to appeal court losses in Michigan and North Carolina in overseas voting fights &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-to-appeal-court-losses-in-michigan-and-north-carolina-in-overseas-voting-fights-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Republican\u200d National Committee (RNC) has\u200c announced plans to \u200bappeal \u2062recent court decisions in\u2063 Michigan and North Carolina that rejected their challenges regarding overseas voting procedures. The RNC is\u2062 contesting\u200c rulings\u2062 that allow individuals born abroad to parents who were U.S. residents to vote \u200bwithout extra documentation. RNC spokeswoman Claire Zunk\u200b emphasized the party&#8217;s \u200dstance that only\u200c individuals who have lived in a state should be permitted\u2064 to influence its\u200d elections.\u200d Concerns have been raised\u2062 that overseas \u200cballots may\u200b be counted as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-patriot-jovan-pulitzers-team-is-being-shot-at-after-they-were-given-directive-to-identify-fraudulent-ballots-in-fulton-county\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Patriot Jovan Pulitzer\u2019s Team Is Being Shot At! \u2013 After They Were Given Directive to Identify Fraudulent Ballots in Fulton County\">swing state votes<\/a>, potentially complicating the electoral process. The appeals come after Michigan&#8217;s court \u200dcriticized \u2062the RNC for a\u2063 late filing, labeling it an attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">disenfranchise eligible voters living abroad<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RNC to appeal court losses in Michigan and North Carolina in overseas voting fights<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1834120\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3198120\/judges-michigan-north-carolina-reject-gop-challenge-overseas-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeal losses<\/a> it sustained Monday in lawsuits against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> challenging the procedures for overseas voting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We are appealing both decisions in Michigan and North Carolina because the law in both states is clear: if you&rsquo;ve never lived there, you can&rsquo;t influence their elections,&rdquo; RNC spokeswoman Claire Zunk told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters wait in line outside a polling center on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A Democratic group is rolling out a new $140 million ad campaign this week that aims to chip away at former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s support among one of his most loyal voting blocs: rural voters. The ads from American Bridge 21st Century will begin airing Monday, May 13, 2024, in the northern battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. (AP Photo\/Wong Maye-E, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The separate state court decisions will allow people who have never lived in the United States but were born overseas to parents or guardians who were residents of the States to vote without having to provide additional documents proving their identity during the 2024 election between former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican challengers worry that overseas ballots could be wrongly counted as swing state votes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3185865\/republicans-challenge-permissive-overseas-voting-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prompting concerns<\/a>&nbsp;that there will be no clear indication that the overseas voters actually have ties to North Carolina and other battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are fighting to protect every legal vote, including from military and overseas citizens, to not be canceled by ineligible votes,&rdquo; Zunk added.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sima Patel of Michigan&rsquo;s Court of Claims said the RNC filed the lawsuit too late, calling it an &ldquo;11th-hour attempt to disenfranchise&rdquo; spouses and children of former Michigan residents who now live abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In North Carolina, the RNC&rsquo;s request for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-seeks-quick-reversal-of-order-blocking-vax-mandate\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Seeks Quick Reversal of Order Blocking Vax Mandate\">emergency court order<\/a> to require election officials to set aside ballots from overseas voters who had not lived in the state was denied by Wake County Superior Court Judge John W. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said there was &ldquo;absolutely no evidence that any person has ever fraudulently claimed that exemption and actually voted in any North Carolina election.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A similar federal lawsuit was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/4934110-republicans-obstruct-voting-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brought<\/a>&nbsp;by GOP Pennsylvania Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, Dan Meuser, Glenn Thompson, Lloyd Smucker, Mike Kelly, and Scott Perry,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/01\/07\/us\/elections\/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all six&nbsp;<\/a>of whom did not vote to certify the results of the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Legal experts have speculated that the Pennsylvania challenge will turn out similarly to the ones in Michigan and North Carolina, as the lawsuit was filed after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-in-michigan-and-north-carolina-reject-gop-challenge-to-overseas-ballots-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Judges in Michigan and North Carolina reject GOP challenge to overseas ballots - Washington Examiner\">state officials began sending<\/a> out ballots to overseas voters. A ruling in that case is expected as early as this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1834120\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1834120\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNC to appeal court losses in Michigan and North Carolina on overseas voting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2358038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24132590107095.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41074,4601,32258,6915],"class_list":["post-2358036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-court-appeal","tag-michigan","tag-north-carolina","tag-rnc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24132590107095.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}