Challenges to another voter's registration must be filed with the county board of elections, which would then conduct a preliminary evidentiary hearing to determine whether grounds for the challenge are sufficient. The challenger bears the burden of proof in such challenges.

The GOP made similar cases in both Michigan and North Carolina, arguing that U.S. citizens who live overseas but have not resided in the state they would be voting in should not be allowed to vote. Both lawsuits were rejected in the states.