Major Pending Election Cases

In re: November 3, 2020 General Election

SCOTUS Watchlist:

Yes

Filing Date:

October 11, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Pennsylvania

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Supreme Court (20-845)

Issue(s):

Whether the Election Code authorizes or requires county election boards to reject voted absentee or mail-in ballots during pre-canvassing and canvassing based on signature analysis where there are alleged or perceived signature variances.

In Re: Pearson

SCOTUS Watchlist:

Yes

Filing Date:

November 25, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Georgia

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration, Voter Fraud

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Supreme Court (20-816)

Issue(s):

Whether the defendants violated various state and federal laws by such alleged conduct as permitting early processing of absentee ballots without legislative authorization, allowing voting by individuals no longer residing in the state, failing to develop auditable procedures for the processing of absentee ballots, failing to provide meaningful access for party representatives to observe and monitor the electoral process, treating absentee voters in some counties differently than absentee voters in other counties, and employing tools such as Dominion Democracy Suite software and devices that allegedly led to statewide ballot fraud; Whether the defendants' alleged conduct should result in the decertification of the Presidential election results in Georgia

International Alliance of Theater Stage Employees Local 927 v. Mashburn

Filing Date:

October 26, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Georgia

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:23-mi-99999-UNA)

Issue(s):

The plaintiffs in the case are bringing suit against the Georgia State Election Board and members of the Fulton County Elections Board challenging Georgia's absentee ballot application deadline for presidential elections. They argue that under Section 202(d) of the VRA voters must be able to cast absentee ballots in Presidential elections if they applied seven days prior to the election. They state that Georgia SB 202 violates this provision because the latest it allows a voter to apply for an absentee ballot is eleven days before the election.

Jacobson v. Lee

Filing Date:

May 24, 2018

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topic:

Ballot Design

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Case 19-14552)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Florida's law mandating that candidates of the political party of the Governor be listed first on the ballot, alleging that it gives an unfair advantage.

Johnson v. Benson

Filing Date:

September 29, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1:20-cv-00948)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Secretary of State's policy to extend the deadline for receiving absentee ballots.

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.

Johnson v. Benson

Filing Date:

November 26, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

Michigan Supreme Court (162286)

Issue(s):

Whether in administering Michigan's election, the respondents violated the petitioners' rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. and Michigan Constitutions, in addition to violating Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution involving state legislatures' authority to appoint electors in such manner as the legislatures direct; and whether the alleged violations require the court to enjoin the respondents from finally certifying the election results

Jones v. DeSantis

Filing Date:

June 28, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topics:

Felon Voting Rights, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Case 20-12003)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Florida's requirement that payment of all restitution, fees, or fines ordered by the court as part of the sentence is a condition of voting rights restoration, arguing that the requirement violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Voting Rights Act, and Article VI, Section 4 of the Florida Constitution.

Jones v. Secretary of State

Filing Date:

July 28, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Maine

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Supreme Court (20A57)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Secretary of State's decision that there were an insufficient number of signatures to place issue on the November 2020 ballot regarding ranked choice voting.

Jones v. United States Postal Service

Filing Date:

August 17, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

New York

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (20-cv-6516)

Issue(s):

Plaintiff challenges the legality of recent policy changes to the United States Postal Service in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and presidential election.

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