CASE TRACKER

Plaintiffs are asking for a relaxing of the vote by mail requirements to allow any eligible voter, regardless of age and physical condition, to request, receive and have counted, a mail-in ballot if they believe they should practice social distancing.

Plaintiffs challenge how the state of Wisconsin administers its elections, alleging that current procedures disenfranchise Wisconsin voters in violation of their constitutional rights.

Challenge by Plaintiffs regarding the administration of the delayed primary based on the enactment of House Bill 197 (“H.B. 197”), including the refusal to extend the voter registration deadline, which passed on February 18, to at most thirty days prior to April 28; the imposition of a multi-step, multi-mailing process for absentee voting; and the elimination of in-person voting for all but a narrow set of voters.

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

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.

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.

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.