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Judicial Watch v. Pennsylvania

Filing Date:
April 29, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Pennsylvania
Topics:
State Voter Registration Databases, Voter Eligibility, Voter Registration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Case 1:20-cv-00708)
Issue(s):

Plaintiffs are suing to compel Defendants to comply with their alleged voter list maintenance obligations and their record production obligations under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (“NVRA”), 52 U.S.C. § 20507.

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Thompson v. DeWine

SCOTUS Watchlist:
Yes
Filing Date:
April 27, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Ohio
Topic:
Ballot Access
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Case 20-3526)
Issue(s):

Plaintiffs are suing to reduce or eliminate the number of signatures required to place an issue on local and statewide ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic and accompanying social distancing orders.

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Disability Rights Pennsylvania v. Boockvar

Filing Date:
April 27, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Pennsylvania
Topic:
Absentee Ballots
Most Recent Court:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Case 83 MM 2020)
Issue(s):

Plaintiffs are petitioning for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to intervene and change the registration and reception deadline for absentee voting in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Paher v. Cegavske

Filing Date:
April 21, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Nevada
Topic:
Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada (Case 3:20-cv-00243)
Issue(s):

Plaintiffs allege that the all-mail election plan implemented by Nevada's secretary of state of stripping vote-fraud prevention safeguards established by the legislature violates voters’ (i) right to vote under the U.S. Constitution (due to vote dilution), (ii) right to vote in a federal election compliant with the U.S. Constitution at Article I, § 4, cl. 1, and (iii) right to a republican form of government under Article IV, § 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

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Coalition for Good Governance v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:
April 20, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topic:
Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case 20-cv-01677)
Issue(s):

Plaintiffs assert that by failing to take particular actions protecting the safety of voters during the pandemic, the defendants are infringing voters' rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiffs seek various changes to in-person and mail-in absentee voting systems and procedures.

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Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Filing Date:
April 13, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
North Carolina
Topic:
Voter Registration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Case 20-cv-457)
Issue(s):

The Plaintiffs allege that North Carolina's 25-day registration requirement unconstitutionally burdens North Carolinians' right to vote under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the First and Fourteenth Amendments, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Edwards v. Vos

Filing Date:
April 13, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Wisconsin
Topic:
Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Case 3:20-cv-000340)
Issue(s):

Whether the decision to hold the election as conducted violated the plaintiffs' right to vote protected by the First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and the voting provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Black Voters Matter Fund v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:
April 8, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topic:
Absentee Ballots
Most Recent Court:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (20-13414)
Issue(s):

Whether the requirement of paid postage for absentee voting constitutes the establishment of a poll tax and thus violates constitutionally-protected voting rights.

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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

Filing Date:
April 7, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Texas
Topic:
Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (No. 5:20-CV-00438-FB)
Issue(s):

Whether Texas's voting laws in the context of the pandemic violate the Voting Rights Act and the 1st, 14th, 15th, and 26th Amendments.

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