RNC v. Jocelyn Benson

Type

Opinion

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

Sept. 25, 2025

Case

RNC v. Jocelyn Benson

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0437n.06 Case No. 24-1985 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Sep 25, 2025 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR v. ) THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ) MICHIGAN JOCELYN BENSON, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, et al., ) ) OPINION Defendants-Appellees. ) Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; GIBBONS and WHITE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. The Republican National Committee alleges that Michigan’s failure to remove ineligible individuals from its voter rolls violates the National Voter Registration Act. The district court dismissed its claims for lack of standing. We agree. I. As relevant to today’s case, the National Voter Registration Act requires each State to “conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters,” such as those who have left the State. 52 U.S.C. § 20507(a)(4). At the same time, the Act imposes several procedural hurdles that States must satisfy before removing registered voters. See id. § 20507(d)(1). “A person who is aggrieved by a viol…

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