Latin American group withdraws voting-related lawsuit

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January 10th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A Latino civil rights organization has dropped its lawsuit that challenged Iowa election law changes enacted in 2021. Republican lawmakers reduced the period of early voting and moved up the deadline for voting by mail. The law also addressed what critics called “ballot harvesting” and made it a crime for non-relatives from returning a person’s absentee ballot. The League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa argued the changes made it harder to vote. The group’s recent court filing doesn’t say why the lawsuit has been withdrawn.