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Wise v. Circosta

Filing Date:
September 26, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
North Carolina
Topics:
Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration, Voter Fraud
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (20-02104, 20-02107)
Issue(s):

Whether the "Consent Order" and associated memoranda regulating the Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections negotiated by the North Carolina Board of Elections exceeds its authority.

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Wood v. Raffensperger

SCOTUS Watchlist:
Yes
Filing Date:
November 13, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Supreme Court (20-14418)
Issue(s):

Whether Georgia's Secretary of State altered the process established by the Georgia legislature for handling defective absentee ballots, in violation of federal constitutional law and federal and Georgia statutory law, when he entered into a March 2020 settlement agreement to resolve a court case brought by the Democratic Party of Georgia and others

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Wood v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:
November 25, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
Fulton County Superior Court (2020CV342959)
Issue(s):

Whether Georgia officials violated state and federal law in how they administered the November election, for example by how they used funds received from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Center for Tech and Civic Life, by negotiating an allegedly unlawful settlement agreement regarding absentee ballots, and by allegedly not enforcing state law residency requirements; and whether, as a result of the alleged illegal conduct, the Presidential election results in Georgia should be considered null and void

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Wood v. Raffensperger

SCOTUS Watchlist:
Yes
Filing Date:
December 18, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Georgia
Topics:
2020 Presidential Election Case, Absentee Ballots, Improper Election Administration
Most Recent Court:
United States Supreme Court (20-887)
Issue(s):

Whether Georgia's Secretary of State unlawfully abrogated the Georgia legislature's statutory mail-in absentee ballot signature verification procedure or prohibition on opening absentee ballots before Election Day. Plaintiffs also argue Defendants unlawfully installed unauthorized ballot drop boxes not permitted under the legislature's election law framework, and used unreliable and compromised Dominion Voting Systems software. Complaint is raised under Equal Protection and Due Process of the 14th Amendment, and the Guarantee Clause of Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution. Plaintiff seeks injunctive and declaratory relief halting Georgia's senatorial runoff election because Defendants are conducting it in a manner that differs from the state legislature's election scheme.

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Yazzie v. Hobbs

Filing Date:
August 26, 2020
Status:
resolved
State:
Arizona
Most Recent Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (20-16890)
Issue(s):

Whether Arizona’s requirement that Vote By Mail ballots be received – not postmarked – before 7:00 pm on November 3, 2020 (Election Day) to be counted is an unconstitutional burden on Plaintiffs’ right to vote at Navajo Nation as applied during the COVID-19 pandemic and United States Postal Service reorganizational issues.

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