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Bally v. Whitmer

Filing Date:
November 11, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Michigan
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1:20-cv-1088)
Issue(s):

Whether Michigan election officials refused to permit statutorily-designated challengers from observing the conduct of elections and the processing of ballots, disregarded valid challenges, pre-dated ballots not eligible to be counted, counted ineligible ballots, allowed ballots to be dropped into unattended drop boxes, and engaged in other conduct contrary to federal statutory and constitutional law

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Langenhorst v. Pecore

Filing Date:
November 12, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Wisconsin
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (1:20-cv-01701)
Issue(s):

Whether certain Wisconsin counties unlawfully counted ballots that should not be included in the state's certified results

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In re: 2,349 Ballots in the 2020 General Election

SCOTUS Watchlist:
Yes
Filing Date:
November 12, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Pennsylvania
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Supreme Court (20-845)
Issue(s):

Whether the Allegheny County Board of Elections violated Pennsylvania law by canvassing 2349 mail-in ballots alleged to be defective due to undated voter declarations

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Arizona Republican Party v. Fontes

Filing Date:
November 12, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Arizona
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Maricopa County Superior Court (CV2020-014553)
Issue(s):

Whether Arizona law requires the Maricopa County Recorder to conduct a statutorily required hand count sampling by precinct rather than by "vote center"

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Aguilera et al. v. Fontes et al.

Filing Date:
November 12, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Arizona
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One (CV-20-0688)
Issue(s):

Two Republican voters claim they were unable to have their vote counted and seek to cast a new ballot.

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Wood v. Raffensperger

SCOTUS Watchlist:
Yes
Filing Date:
November 13, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Supreme Court (20-14418)
Issue(s):

Whether Georgia's Secretary of State altered the process established by the Georgia legislature for handling defective absentee ballots, in violation of federal constitutional law and federal and Georgia statutory law, when he entered into a March 2020 settlement agreement to resolve a court case brought by the Democratic Party of Georgia and others

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Becker v. Gloria

Filing Date:
November 16, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Nevada
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Clark County District Court (A-20-824878-W)
Issue(s):

Whether the Clark County Registrar of Voters failed to follow multiple statutorily required procedures in conducting the election, "flooding" the county with untrackable ballots and using the Agilis mail ballot processing machine with signature recognition software instead of a person to verify signatures as required by Nevada law; Whether these alleged errors require the Clark County Commissioners to hold a new election

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Johnson v. Benson

Filing Date:
November 16, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Michigan
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1:20-cv-01098)
Issue(s):

Whether the federal district court should enjoin certification of Michigan’s popular vote in the presidential election on the ground that the state’s procedures for absentee voting were unconstitutional.

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In Re: Allegheny County Provisional Ballots

Filing Date:
November 16, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Pennsylvania
Topic:
Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court (338 WAL 2020)
Issue(s):

Whether 270 provisional ballots were defective when voters signed the outer envelope in only one of two required places, or when voters submitted provisional ballots and had also submitted deficient mail-in ballots

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Law v. Whitmer

Filing Date:
November 17, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Nevada
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Nevada Supreme Court (82178)
Issue(s):

Whether due to various alleged irregularities, improprieties, and fraud in the conduct of Nevada's election, including those related to mail-in ballot processing machines, electronic voting machines, ballot-counting observation, the processing and counting of provisional ballots, and voting drives, the court should order that either Republican electors be certified as the duly elected Presidential electors from the state or that no Presidential electors be certified

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