In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Plaintiffs challenge 1) the requirement that an affidavit that must be included with an absentee ballot be signed by the voter in the presence of either a notary or two adult witnesses; (2) the requirement that copies of photo identification accompany absentee ballot applications; (3) the requirement that copies of photo identification accompany certain absentee ballots; and (4) the prohibition on curbside voting. Plaintiffs assert that by not amending these policies the state is inappropriately limiting Alabama's citizens right to vote.
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.
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 lawsuit challenges the authority of county boards to develop and implement mail in ballot cure procedures. Plaintiffs argue that Pennsylvania law does not set a procedure to cure mail in ballots and that no law has been enacted allowing for a cure procedure.
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County (CV 2022-013185)
Issue(s):
Lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Arizona against Maricopa County officials alleging that the county violated the requirements of the Arizona Equal Access Statutes by imposing strict restrictions on elections workers. The plaintiffs argue that these restrictions made it harder for Republicans to participate in election administration. They point to eleven voting centers in Maricopa County that have not Republican poll workers and that the defendants failed to contact the Republican Party to discuss and remedy shortfalls in the number of Republican election workers. The plaintiffs also allege Maricopa County imposed onerous requirements , including minimum hours and minimum durational requirements, that deter citizens from participating in the administration of elections.
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.
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