U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Case: 2:20-cv-03843)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs are bringing this action to stop local Board of Elections from disqualifying absentee ballot applications and ballots due to signature mismatching.
U.S. District Court For The Southern District Of Ohio (Case 2:20-cv-01638)
Issue(s):
Challenge by Plaintiffs regarding the administration of the delayed primary based on the enactment of House Bill 197 (“H.B. 197”), including the refusal to extend the voter registration deadline, which passed on February 18, to at most thirty days prior to April 28; the imposition of a multi-step, multi-mailing process for absentee voting; and the elimination of in-person voting for all but a narrow set of voters.
Supreme Court of Ohio (2022-0303); Case consolidated with Neiman v. LaRose (2022-0298); New filings for each case will be reflected on this case page (2022-0303).
Issue(s):
Relators challenge the second congressional reapportionment plan passed by the Ohio Redistricting Commission as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution.
Ballot Access, Equal Protections Clause, Voting Rights Act
Most Recent Court:
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (No. 1:23-cv-02414)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs bring suit challenging that HB 458, which limits who can assist voters with disabilities in returning absentee ballots, violates Section 208 of the VRA and Title II of the ADA. Further, the complaint alleges that section of HB 458 are unconstitutionally vague under the 14th amendment. Plaintiffs ask the court to enjoin enforcement of the statute.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (3:21-cv-00805)
Issue(s):
The League of Women Voters challenges the Wisconsin Election Commission's failure to warn voters that failure to confirm existing voter registration address or update their address would result in their registration being deactivated. Relief is sought under Due Process of the 14th.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Case 20-50654)
Issue(s):
The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the following provisions in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis: (1) the requirement that voters pay for the postage to return their early voting ballots by mail; (2) the requirement that returned ballots be postmarked no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day and received by the county at the address designated on the ballot carrier envelope no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day after the election to be counted; (3) the requirement that voters must submit two handwriting samples that “match”—a standard determined by election officials— in order to have their early voting ballots counted; and (4) the criminalization of a person assisting a voter in returning a marked mail ballot.
Plaintiffs challenge a Wisconsin law that requires absentee voters to complete their ballots in front of a witness who is a US citizen and can attest to the voter's eligibility. They allege this violates Section 201 of the VRA, which prohibits denying the right to vote on the basis of a "test or device". They also allege that the Wisconsin law violates the materiality provision of the Civil Rights Act.
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.
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