Alleges that the Pennsylvania Constitution does not allow for no-excuse mail-in voting because it requires voters to cast ballots in person at a polling place unless they fall into a specific category of absentee voters.
Ballot Access, State Voter Registration Databases, Voter Suppression
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (5:21-cv-00649)
Issue(s):
Challenges the state's "wet signature" law, which requires individuals who submit registration applications electronically do so signed with a pen on paper. Plaintiffs challenge the law as violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as the Civil Rights Act (CRA).
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)
Issue(s):
U.S. filed lawsuit against Georgia for passing of GA Senate Bill 202 arguing that it is in violation of Sec. 2 & 12(d) of the Voting Rights Act due to being intended to deny or abridge the rights of Black Georgians to vote on account of race or color.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs filed complaint in response to SB 90 requiring third-party voter registration organizations to warn voter registration applicants that the third-party voter registration organization may not timely submit the applicants' registration, arguing that such a warning is in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments because it interferes with free speech and association activities.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (No. 25-11347)
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. Case titled "Coalition for Good Governance, et al v. Secretary of State for the State of Georgia, et al" on appeal.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (4:21-cv-00201)
Issue(s):
Florida Rising Together, along with a variety of diverse nonprofits, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against Florida's Secretary of State and a defendant class of all county Supervisors of Elections under the 1st, 14th, and 15th Amendments and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act regarding the newly enacted Senate Bill 90.
United Stated District Court for the Northern District of Florida (No. 4:21-cv-00186)
Issue(s):
The Florida League of Women Voters et al. seek declaratory and injunctive relief against Florida's Secretary of State, Attorney General, and 67 Supervisors of Elections under the 1st and 14th Amendments regarding the newly enacted Senate Bill 90.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (4:21-cv-00187); For new filings, see League of Woman Voters et al. v. Lee et al.
Issue(s):
The Florida NAACP, Disability Rights Florida, and Common Cause bring challenges under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the 1st and 14th Amendments, and the Americans with Disabilities Act against Florida's Secretary of State regarding the newly enacted Senate Bill 90. Formerly titled Florida NAACP v. Lee.
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