Major Pending Election Cases

Kohlhaas v. State of Alaska

Filing Date:

December 1, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Alaska

Topics:

Non-Party Primary, Ranked Choice Voting

Most Recent Court:

Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Anchorage (3AN-20-09532CI)

Issue(s):

Whether Proposition 2, a ballot measure enacted by the voters of Alaska in the November 2020 elections, violates plaintiffs' 1st and 14th Amendment rights to free political association, political expression, free speech, free assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances, as well as Article 1, Sections 2, 5, 6, and 22 of the Alaska Constitution. Proposition 2 implements a four-winner non-party primary system and a ranked-choice voting general election system.

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.

LaBrant v. Secretary of State

Filing Date:

September 29, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topic:

14th Amendment Disqualification

Most Recent Court:

Michigan Supreme Court (166373)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs filed suit arguing that Donald Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6th, 2021 and is thus disqualified from appearing on the presidential primary or general election ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. They bring this suit against the Michigan Secretary of State in her official capacity, and ask the court to enjoin the Secretary of State from including Donald Trump on the ballot for the 2024 primary and general elections.

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 Florida v. Moody

Filing Date:

May 24, 2023

Status:

resolved

State:

Florida

Topic:

Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

United Stated District Court for the Northern District of Florida (No. 4:23-cv-00216-MW-MAF). Case consolidated with No. 4:23-cv-00215-MW-MAF; For new filings see Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP v. Byrd.

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit against several provisions of Florida Senate Bill 7050. They argue that a portion of the law, which prohibits noncitizen volunteers from conducting third party registration on behalf of third party voter registration organizations, violates the 1st and 14th amendments. The lawsuit specifically challenges portions of the law that requires third party voter registration organizations to provide a "receipt" to each voter registration applicant containing identifying information, reduces the days to return a voter registration application, and requires organizations to reregister every cycle.

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