2020 Presidential Election Case, Voting Rights Act
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1:20-cv-03388)
Issue(s):
Whether, in allegedly pressuring state and local officials in Michigan and other key states not to certify election results, and in seeking to have state legislatures override the will of the people by appointing President Trump's slate of electors, President Trump violated the federal Voting Rights Act; The amended complaint adds a second claim asserting a violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act.
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
Whether the Wisconsin Elections Commission communicated illegal interpretations of Wisconsin law to county clerks around the state regarding absentee ballot drop boxes; whether the court should set aside ballots placed in these drop boxes; and whether the court should prevent the Wisconsin Elections Commission from certifying the state's results in the November election
Gina Swoboda and Scott Mussi, Chair of the Republican Party and President of Arizona Free Enterprise respectively, are challenging Arizona voter roll maintenance policy. Plaintiffs allege that Arizona's lack of a voter-list maintenance program has resulted in voter over-enrollment in violation of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to order the development of a voter-list maintenance program.
Supreme Court of Ohio (2022-0298); Case consolidated with League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose (2020-0303); Going forward, new filings will only be added to that case.
Issue(s):
Whether Ohio's Congressional Districting Plan adopted March 2, 2022 violates Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution
Whether former President Trump is disqualified from running for President due to engaging in insurrection or rebellion in violation of section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Due to the issues presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the plaintiffs are challenging four election policies that they argue risk disenfranchising thousands of Georgia voters: (1) the lack of standards governing the process for notifying voters regarding incomplete absentee ballot applications; (2) the failure to provide prepaid postage on absentee ballots; (3) the rejection of absentee ballots received after 7:00 p.m. on Election Day; and (4) Georgia’s prohibition on third-party assistance for absentee ballots.
Middle District of North Carolina (No. 1:23-cv-00837)
Issue(s):
Lawsuit challenging a North Carolina law that requires voter to reside in the state for at least 30 days before the election in which they seek to vote. Plaintiffs allege that 30 days is longer than the registration deadline and therefore voters who move to the state within 30 days of election day are prevented from voting in Presidential elections even though the state allows registrations 20 days before election day and through the Saturday before election day. Plaintiffs argue this violates Section 202 of the VRA, which prohibits states from preventing eligible voters from voting in Presidential election based on how long they have resided in the state before election day.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (No. 1:23-cv-26)
Issue(s):
Lawsuit challenging several provisions of Ohio Senate Bill 458. The bill creates a photo ID requirement and eliminates a list of previously acceptable IDs, moves up the deadline to cure provisional and rejected mail-in ballots from seven to four days after election day and moves up the date to return mail-in ballots from ten to four days after election day. The plaintiffs contend that the bill severely restricts access to the poll, particularly for young, elderly, Black and overseas voters. They argue that the law is thus in violation of the 1st and 14th Amendments of the US Constitution.
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