The DNC is filing suit against the Georgia State Election board to challenge the recently-enacted "Reasonable Inquiry Rule" for election certifications. Plaintiffs argue that the rule violates Georgia state law mandating election result certification before a deadline, seeking either declaratory relief rendering the rule invalid or injunctive relief limiting the scope of inquiries in order to ensure election certification can be accomplished by deadline.
The AFPI is suing the Biden administration regarding Executive Order 14019. Plaintiffs allege that the contested executive order compromises the authority states hold to conduct elections by requiring federal agencies to develop voter registration programs. The AFPI seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to strike Executive Order 14019 down as unconstitutional and block federal agencies from developing and implementing voter registration programs.
American Encore and other plaintiffs are challenging Arizona policy prohibiting political activity near polling sites and permitting the Arizona Secretary of State to conduct voting canvasses and certify statewide election results. Plaintiffs allege said policies violate the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to prevent the enforcement of the contested policies.
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona 2:22-cv-01374-GMS
Issue(s):
Whether Arizona Senate Bill 1260, which requires county recorders to cancel a voter’s registration if they receive confirmation that the voter is registered to vote in another Arizona county, creates a process to remove voters from the state’s permanent vote-by-mail list if the voter is registered in another county and makes it a felony to forward a mail-in ballot to a voter who may be registered in another state, is constitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01333); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs argue that SB 202's challenged provisions deny AAPI voters full and equal opportunity to participate in the political process, and that through purposeful intent and resulting impact the new law amounts to a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as well as the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Supreme Court of Ohio (2021-1198); Case consolidated with 2021-1210 and 2021-1193; For new filings, see League of Women Voters v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (2021-1193)
Issue(s):
Relators argue that the Ohio Redistricting Commission ignored constitutional deadlines and directives for redistricting. They claim that the Commission-adopted maps "ignored or subordinated traditional redistricting criteria and the interests of communities of color in order to give Ohio Republicans continuing supermajority control of the statehouse."
Voter-advocacy groups are challenging Pennsylvanian policy disqualifying mail-in votes with incorrect or missing dates on the outside of their envelopes. Plaintiffs seek both declaratory and injunctive relief to deem the aforementioned policy unconstitutional in violation of the Free and Equal Elections Clause of the Pennsylvania State Constitution.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-02070)
Issue(s):
A variety of nonprofits and individuals bring a challenge to SB 202 under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the 1st and 14th Amendments. In particular this suit opposes provisions that allow state takeovers of local elections, shorten absentee ballot deadlines, and change absentee ID requirements.
Lawsuit challenging Colorado Proposition 108, which allows unaffiliated voters to vote in partisan primaries without declaring a party affiliation. Plaintiffs argue the proposition violates the 1st and 14th amendments.
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