Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration, Polling Place Observers
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Case 2:20-cv-00966)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs seek an order, declaration, and/or injunction that prohibits Defendants from permitting the return of absentee and mail-in ballots to locations other than the offices of the county boards of elections as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Election Code. Plaintiffs assert that votes are at risk of being canceled by fraud or diluted by a single person voting multiple times.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (20-16766)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs challenge the validity of Arizona's practice of not providing a cure opportunity for up to five days after Election Day for otherwise valid mail ballots that have no signature.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (Case 1:20-cv-00522)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs are challenging the delivery requirements of absentee voting during the time of coronavirus pandemic. Plaintiffs are alleging under the NVRA that there are voters improperly included across multiple counties in Michigan and asserts that a verification of the voter rolls is required.
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Case 4:20-cv-00243)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs challenge Cochise County's policy barring the use of curbside voting during elections as being in violation of Section 2 of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Arizona Civil Rights Act.
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.
Lawsuit challenging the Michigan Secretary of State's decision to mail absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. The plaintiff brought suit in Michigan state court challenging the authority of the Secretary of State, under state law, to take this action. Additionally, the plaintiffs brought suit in Federal court, claiming that the Michigan Secretary of State's decision violated his Due Process Rights under the 14th Amendment.
Whether Michigan's requirement that election officials reject absentee ballots that arrive at the clerk's desk after Election Day is still valid under the amendment to the state constitution giving every voter the right to submit an absentee ballot—by mail or in person at the voter’s choosing—at any point in the 40 days preceding an election.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Case 1:20-cv-00829)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs allege that Pennsylvania's absentee and mail-in ballot proccess is inaccessible to those Pennsylvanians who are blind and thus unconstitutionally deprives these voters of their right to vote.
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.
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