Major Pending Election Cases

Kraus v. Cegavske

Filing Date:

October 23, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Nevada

Most Recent Court:

Nevada Supreme Court (82018)

Issue(s):

Whether Nevada Secretary of State is required to submit a plan to the Clark County Registrar that ensures meaningful observation of the ballot-counting process

Kraus v. Portillo

Filing Date:

June 25, 2024

Status:

resolved

State:

Nevada

Most Recent Court:

Eighth Judicial District Court

Issue(s):

The Public Interest Law Foundation is challenging Clark County voter-roll maintenance policies, alleging that voter registration tied to commercial addresses violates Nevada state law. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to investigate alleged discrepancies and update voter rolls.

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

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

League of Women Voters of Arizona v. Lions of Liberty

Filing Date:

October 25, 2022

Status:

resolved

State:

Arizona

Topic:

Voting Rights Act

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (CV-22-08196-PCT-MTL); For new filings, see Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Clean Elections USA (CV-22-01823-PHX-MTL)

Issue(s):

Lawsuit asking the court to temporarily and permanently prevent the defendants from intimidating Arizona voters. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants have planned and engaged in voter intimidation by filming and/or following voters attempting to deposit their mail-in ballots in drop boxes. The plaintiffs also allege that two armed individuals dressed in tactical were "onsite" at a drop box. The plaintiffs contend the defendants are violating section 11(b) of the VRA and section 2 of the Ku Klux Klan Act.

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.

League of Women Voters of Florida v. Byrd

Filing Date:

April 26, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topic:

National Voter Registration Act

Most Recent Court:

United Stated District Court for the Northern District of Florida (No. 4:23-cv-00165-AW-MAF)

Issue(s):

This lawsuit challenges Florida's statewide voter registration application. The plaintiffs argue that it violates the NVRA's minimum requirements for specifying voter eligibility requirements, as Florida's application does not inform voters that eligibility requirements differ based on "a returning citizen's conviction, the state of conviction, and the sentence received,” and does not explain when an individual’s right to vote has been restored. Plaintiffs also point out that while Florida's eligibility requirements have changed in the past five years, the application was approved in 2013 and has not been changed since, making it severely out of date. Plaintiffs ask the court to declare the applications to be in violation of the NVRA, prevent Byrd from using the applications, and order Byrd to adopt an application that complies with the NVRA.

League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Benson

Filing Date:

May 22, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

Michigan Supreme Court (Case 161671)

Issue(s):

Whether Michigan's requirement that election officials reject absentee ballots that arrive at the clerk's desk after Election Day is still valid under the amendment to the state constitution giving every voter the right to submit an absentee ballot—by mail or in person at the voter’s choosing—at any point in the 40 days preceding an election.

League of Women Voters of New Hampshire v. Kramer

Filing Date:

March 14, 2024

Status:

resolved

State:

New Hampshire

Topics:

Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act

Most Recent Court:

United Stated District Court New Hampshire (No. 1:24-cv-00073)

Issue(s):

The plaintiffs in the case accuse the defendants of using robocalls with an AI-generated voice of Joe Biden to suppress turnout in New Hampshire's Democratic primary election. They argue that these actions violated Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act which prohibits the use of intimidation to keep individuals from voting. Plaintiffs ask the court to issue a permanent, nationwide injunction to prohibit the defendants from taking these actions.

League of Women Voters of Ohio et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al.

Filing Date:

September 23, 2021

Status:

resolved

State:

Ohio

Topic:

Redistricting

Most Recent Court:

Supreme Court of Ohio (2021-1193); Case consolidated with Ohio Organizing Collaborative v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (2021-1210) and Bennett v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (2021-1198); going forward, all filings will only be included under this case (2021-1193)

Issue(s):

Relators argue that the Ohio Redistricting Commission operated under an "extremely partisan" process, drawing district lines that disproportionately favor Republicans in violation of Article XI of the Ohio Constitution.

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