Advocacy groups are suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission to permit persons with disabilities to cast absentee ballots electronically per the ADA and the federal Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to permit electronic voting in the August primary elections and November general election.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2:20-cv-05533)
Issue(s):
Whether the Philadelphia County Board of Elections is allowing party representatives to observe the ballot-counting process as required by Pennsylvania law
Whether Michigan's Secretary of State unlawfully failed to provide an opportunity for an election inspector of each political party to be present at each absent voter counting board
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1:20-cv-01083)
Issue(s):
Whether Michigan's Secretary of State and local election officials provided designated challengers with a meaningful opportunity to observe the conduct of the elections including the processing and counting of ballots, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the corollary clause of Michigan's Constitution, the Elections and Electors Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, and the Michigan election code
Whether defendants unlawfully prevented plaintiff's observers from having meaningful access to the pre-canvass and canvass, whether defendants improperly permitted mail-in ballots to be cured, and whether the alleged acts should prevent the Pennsylvania Secretary of State from certifying election results that include tabulation of ballots affected by these acts
Plaintiffs brought suit against the Registrar of Voters for Clark County. Technical difficulties resulted in several voting locations in Clark County failing to open at the required time of 7:00am. Plaintiffs asked for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief asking the Court to direct the Registrar to keep the affected locations open until 8:00pm, an hour later than their scheduled poll closing times.
Whether the Montgomery County Board of Elections acted in violation of Pennsylvania law when it allegedly canvassed and counted absentee and mail-in ballots for which the outer declaration envelope was not completely filled in with voters' signature, address, and date; plaintiff alleges that the alleged actions affect approximately 600 votes
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (1:20-cv-01289)
Issue(s):
Whether New Mexico's Secretary of State violated the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution by failing to follow the state's election laws enacted by the legislature
Whether NJ Governor Philip Murphy's Executive Order mandating NJ's November General Election to be conducted primarily via vote-by-mail ballots and allowing for every vote-by-mail ballot postmarked on or before November 3, 2020 and received by November 10, 2020 to be counted is unconstitutional and in violation of federal statutes.
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