Major Pending Election Cases

Priorities USA v. Benson

Filing Date:

October 30, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Case 19-cv-13188)

Issue(s):

Case concerns a constitutional challenge to Michigan's signature match laws, which require election officials to reject absentee applications and ballots if they determine that the signature provided with the applications or ballots does not match the voter's signature on file with election authorities.

Gilby (TX Democratic Party) v. Hughs

Filing Date:

October 30, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Topics:

Early Voting, Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Case 20-50683)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge HB 1888, which they argue effectively bans temporary or "mobile" early voting sites by requiring that every early voting location operate for eight hours each weekday and stay open for the same number of weekdays as the main early voting location in the county. Plaintiffs argue that this is a violation of the First, Fourteenth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments.

S.P.S. ex rel. Short v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:

November 1, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Georgia

Topic:

Ballot Design

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case 1:19-cv-04960)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of a Georgia law mandating that candidates be listed on the ballot in “descending order” based on the number of votes cast for the candidates of the political parties for Governor in the last gubernatorial election.

Mecinas v. Hobbs

Filing Date:

November 1, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Arizona

Topic:

Ballot Design

Most Recent Court:

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.

Priorities USA v. Nessel

Filing Date:

November 12, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Michigan

Topics:

Improper Election Administration, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (20-01931)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Michigan's Voter Transportation Ban and Absentee Ballot Organizing Ban, arguing that the bans violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The Andrew Goodman Foundation v. Bostelmann

Filing Date:

November 19, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Wisconsin

Topic:

Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Case 3:19-cv-00955)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Wisconsin's Student Voter ID restriction on grounds that it violates the 26th Amendment.

CSI v. Moore

Filing Date:

November 20, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

North Carolina

Topics:

Equal Protections Clause, Felon Voting Rights

Most Recent Court:

North Carolina Supreme Court (No. 331PA21)

Issue(s):

Lawsuit challenging North Caronia law that disenfranchises individuals who are on probation or parole following felony convictions. Plaintiffs claim the law violates the Free Elections Clause, the Equal Protections Clause and the Freedom of Speech and Assembly Clauses in the North Carolina Constitution.

Voto Latino Inc. v. Hobbs

Filing Date:

November 26, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Arizona

Topic:

Absentee Ballots

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Case 2:19-cv-05685)

Issue(s):

Whether Arizona's deadline for voters to submit their early ballots by mail is constitutional

Bruni v. Hughs

Filing Date:

March 5, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Texas

Topic:

Ballot Design

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Case 5:20-cv-00035)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs challenge Texas's attempt to end straight-ticket voting, arguing that it will unjustifiably and discriminatorily burden Texans’ fundamental right to vote.

Reardon v. LaRose

Filing Date:

March 16, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

Ohio

Topic:

Improper Election Administration

Most Recent Court:

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas (Case 20 CV 002105)

Issue(s):

Whether the secretary of state acted properly in taking emergency actions to postpone the Ohio Primary in the face of COVID-19.

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