Major Pending Election Cases

Kelly v. Pennsylvania

SCOTUS Watchlist:

Yes

Filing Date:

November 21, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Pennsylvania

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Supreme Court (20-810)

Issue(s):

Whether the 2019 Act of the Pennsylvania legislature establishing mail-in voting procedures is unconstitutional and whether the court should issue an injunction prohibiting the state from certifying the results of the November election

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization v. Trump

Filing Date:

November 20, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topics:

2020 Presidential Election Case, Voting Rights Act

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1:20-cv-03388)

Issue(s):

Whether, in allegedly pressuring state and local officials in Michigan and other key states not to certify election results, and in seeking to have state legislatures override the will of the people by appointing President Trump's slate of electors, President Trump violated the federal Voting Rights Act; The amended complaint adds a second claim asserting a violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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