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.
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. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (20-16301)
Issue(s):
Whether Arizona's ballot design, which features the candidate's name vertically with the order determined based on political party, is valid under law.
Whether the court should issue a writ of mandamus ordering Governor Wolf to withdraw his certification of Pennsylvania's Presidential election results, as well as a temporary restraining order preventing the state's Democratic Presidential electors from casting votes in the Electoral College; The plaintiffs set forth various allegations in support of their complaint, including that the defendants failed to implement recommendations provided in a Performance Audit Report conducted by the Department of the Auditor General, and that the defendants disregarded the Pennsylvania election code in authorizing the counting of defective absentee and mail-in ballots
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (20-16932)
Issue(s):
Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution require Arizona to extend its voter registration deadline to a date no earlier than Oct. 27th.
Whether 1) denying absentee ballots not delivered to election officials by 8 PM on Election Day, 2) requiring absentee ballot voters to provide their own postage, and 3) limiting who can deliver a sealed absentee ballot to just postal workers and members of a voter's household or immediate family disenfranchises absentee ballot voters.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (20-2107)
Issue(s):
Whether the North Carolina Board of Elections usurped the Legislature's authority with its September 22, 2020 Memoranda setting new "Times" and "Manners" for elections.
Whether the North Carolina Supreme Court unlawfully nullified the state legislature's regulations governing the “Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives" under Article I, section 4, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, based on state constitutional provisions vesting the state judiciary with power to prescribe rules ensuring a “fair” and “free” election
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