A judge in Michigan on Monday rejected an effort by the Republican Party to block some Americans who are living overseas from voting in the battleground state.

A Michigan state judge has dismissed a Republican lawsuit that challenged the swing state’s long-standing process for voting by U.S. citizens living abroad, including military members.

State judges in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) separate challenges to certain overseas ballots in the key swing states.

Judges in Michigan and North Carolina have rejected a Republican attempt to have certain overseas and military absentee ballots thrown out.

The lawsuit sought to bar a small number of dependents of military and overseas voters who are U.S. citizens but have never lived in Michigan.

Both cases targeted people who have never lived in the state but were born overseas to parents who were residents of the state. The Michigan case also targeted the spouses of military and overseas voters.