Major Pending Election Cases

Gloria v. Hughs

Filing Date:

April 29, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Case 5:20-cv-00527)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs allege that Texas has created a system in which a substantial majority of the electorate is barred from voting by mail solely due to age.

Gohmert v. Pence

Filing Date:

December 27, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Topic:

2020 Presidential Election Case

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Supreme Court (20A115)

Issue(s):

Whether the elector dispute resolution provisions of the Electoral Count Act, 3 U.S.C. 5 and 3 U.S.C. 15, violate the Electors Clause and the Twelfth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; The plaintiffs ask for a declaratory judgment finding that under the Twelfth Amendment Vice President Pence has exclusive authority and sole discretion to determine which electoral votes to count for a given state.

Gonidakis v. Ohio Redistricting Commission

Filing Date:

February 18, 2022

Status:

resolved

State:

Ohio

Topics:

Redistricting, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2:22-cv-00773)

Issue(s):

Parties seek declaratory and injunctive relief. They ask the court to declare the current state legislative districts violative of the Constitution, and adopt the second plan previously adopted by the Redistricting Commission.

Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Filing Date:

December 6, 2024

Status:

resolved

State:

North Carolina

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (5:24-CV-731)

Issue(s):

Three related series of cases:

(1) Case filed (now resolved) in Wake County Superior Court contesting Board of Elections alleged delay in reaching a decision on challenges to validity of certain ballots; Griffin asserted that the ballots should not be counted due to voters not providing required information when registering, overseas voters never residing in NC, and overseas voters not providing valid ID with their ballots.

(2) Case initially filed in the North Carolina Supreme Court seeking to prevent certification of the results of the election for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court sought by the petitioner; The petitioner sought to invalidate over 60,000 ballots due to the alleged illegalities mentioned above involving voter registration and overseas voters. The North Carolina Supreme Court has referred to this case as "Griffin I."

(3) Three separate cases filed in Wake County Superior Court arguing that the Board of Elections decision denying Griffin relief was legally incorrect, again asserting that over 60,000 ballots should not have been counted due to incomplete voter registration and problems with the ballots of overseas voters. The North Carolina Supreme Court has referred to this case as "Griffin II."

Growe v. Simon

Filing Date:

September 12, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Minnesota

Topic:

14th Amendment Disqualification

Most Recent Court:

Minnesota Supreme Court (A23-1354)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs bring this petition arguing that Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for engaging in insurrection on January 6th, 2021. They ask the court to enjoin the Michigan Secretary of State from including Donald Trump on the presidential primary or general election ballot.

Hamm v. Boockvar

Filing Date:

November 3, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Pennsylvania

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (600 MD 2020)

Issue(s):

Whether instructions sent by Pennsylvania's Secretary of State to county election officials about providing information to party and candidate representatives during the pre-canvass of voters whose ballots were rejected violated Pennsylvania law

Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters & Head Count v. Lee; For new filings, see League of Woman Voters et al. v. Lee et al.

Filing Date:

June 14, 2021

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topic:

Voter Registration

Most Recent Court:

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.

Harris County v. Texas

Filing Date:

July 6, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Most Recent Court:

Travis County Distict Court

Issue(s):

Lawsuit challenging Texas Senate Bill 1750, which abolishes the elections administrator position in Harris county and gives their responsibilities to the county clerk and county tax assessor, two elected officials. The plaintiff argues that the law directly targets Harris county as the law prohibits counties with populations greater than 3.5 million people from creating the office of elections administrator, and Harris county is the only county in Texas with a population greater than 3.5 million. The plaintiff argues that SB 1750 violates several provisions of the Texas constitution.

Hoffard v. Cochise

Filing Date:

June 3, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Arizona

Topic:

Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Case 4:20-cv-00243)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Cochise County's policy barring the use of curbside voting during elections as being in violation of Section 2 of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Arizona Civil Rights Act.

Hotze v. Hollins

Filing Date:

October 28, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Most Recent Court:

Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (20-20574)

Issue(s):

Plaintiff alleges that the Defendant is violating Article I, section IV, clause 1 of the United States Constitution by encouraging and allowing registered voters to cast their votes via curbside drive-through voting.

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