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.
Three Democratic presidential electors have filed a lawsuit against sixteen individual who attempted to submit alternative election results claiming that Donald Trump won Michigan's sixteen electoral votes in the 2020 election. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants conspired and agreed to submit fraudulent results. Additionally, the complaint alleges that the defendants violated multiple State and Federal laws.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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