Ballot Access, State Voter Registration Databases, Voter Suppression
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (5:21-cv-00649)
Issue(s):
Challenges the state's "wet signature" law, which requires individuals who submit registration applications electronically do so signed with a pen on paper. Plaintiffs challenge the law as violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as the Civil Rights Act (CRA).
Alleges that the Pennsylvania Constitution does not allow for no-excuse mail-in voting because it requires voters to cast ballots in person at a polling place unless they fall into a specific category of absentee voters.
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (2:21-cv-01423)
Issue(s):
Civil rights organizations challenge two bills introduced in the Arizona State Senate in the wake of the 2020 election which change the state's early voting system. The first, Senate Bill 1485, purges voters from Arizona's permanent early voting list if voters do not cast a mail-in ballot in two consecutive election cycles. The second, Senate Bill 1003, requires voters who submit early ballots without a signature to "cure" the ballot by 7:00 PM on Election Day.
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (No. 25-50246)
Issue(s):
Civil rights and community-based organizations challenge Senate Bill 1, which restricts voter assistance, enables use of partisan poll watchers, criminalizes community-based voter engagement activities, and more. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief based on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and argue that SB1 disproportionately impacts Black and Latino voters.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1:21-cv-00780); For new filings see, La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott (No. 5:21-cv-00844)
Issue(s):
Civil rights organizations challenge Senate Bill 1, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief based on the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act (VRA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Plaintiffs argue that SB1 disproportionately impacts voters with disabilities, voters with limited English proficiency, and voters of color.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1:21-cv-00786); For new filings see, La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott (No. 5:21-cv-00844)
Issue(s):
Civil rights organizations challenge Senate Bill 1, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief based on the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Plaintiffs argue that SB1 disproportionately impacts Black and Latino voters.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (5:21-cv-00848); For new filings see, La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott (No. 5:21-cv-00844)
Issue(s):
Civil rights organizations challenge Senate Bill 1, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief based on the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiffs argue that SB1 disproportionately impacts Black and Latino voters.
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.
Supreme Court of Ohio (2021-1198); Case consolidated with 2021-1210 and 2021-1193; For new filings, see League of Women Voters v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (2021-1193)
Issue(s):
Relators argue that the Ohio Redistricting Commission ignored constitutional deadlines and directives for redistricting. They claim that the Commission-adopted maps "ignored or subordinated traditional redistricting criteria and the interests of communities of color in order to give Ohio Republicans continuing supermajority control of the statehouse."
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