Major Pending Election Cases

New Georgia Project et al. v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:

March 25, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01229); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)

Issue(s):

New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund, and RISE, Inc. challenge SB 202, a voting bill that passed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The bill prohibits third parties (including voter engagement organizations) from collecting absentee ballot applications, restricts use of absentee drop boxes, bans mobile polling places, prohibits the state from distributing unsolicited absentee ballot applications, invalidates ballots cast before 5:00 pm by voters in a precinct other than the one to which they were assigned, and more. Plaintiffs challenge SB 202 as an undue burden on the right to vote, in violation of the 1st and 14th Amendments.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta v. Raffensperger et al.

Filing Date:

April 1, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01333); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs argue that SB 202's challenged provisions deny AAPI voters full and equal opportunity to participate in the political process, and that through purposeful intent and resulting impact the new law amounts to a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as well as the 14th and 15th Amendments.

VoteAmerica et al. v. Raffensperger et al.

Filing Date:

April 7, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01390)

Issue(s):

VoteAmerica, Voter Participation Center, and Center for Voter Information are nonprofit organizations that assist voters in navigating the political process. They bring a challenge to SB 202 under the 1st and 14th Amendments.

Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta et al. v. Raffensperger et al.

Filing Date:

April 27, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01728); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)

Issue(s):

A variety of nonprofits bring a challenge to SB 202 under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the 1st and 14th Amendments.

Disability Rights Florida et al. v. Lee

Filing Date:

May 6, 2021

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Ballot Access, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

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.

League of Women Voters of Florida et al. v. Lee et al.

Filing Date:

May 6, 2021

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Ballot Access, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

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.

Coalition for Good Governance et al. v. Raffensperger et al.

Filing Date:

May 17, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-02070)

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.

Florida Rising Together et al. v. Lee et al.

Filing Date:

May 17, 2021

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Ballot Access, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

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.

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.

U.S. v. State of Georgia

Filing Date:

June 25, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Provisional Ballots, Voter ID, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act

Most Recent Court:

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.

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