U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01390)
Issue(s):
VoteAmerica, Voter Participation Center, and Center for Voter Information are nonprofit organizations that assist voters in navigating the political process. They bring a challenge to SB 202 under the 1st and 14th Amendments.
Whether the federal election-day statutes, 2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1, preempt a state law that allows ballots that are cast by federal election day to be received by election officials after that day.
Hillsborough Superior Court, Southern District (226-2022-CV-00233)
Issue(s):
This lawsuit challenges SB 418, which requires voters who register to vote on the day of the election, but who do not provide a valid photo ID, to mail in documentation verifying their identity within seven days or have their vote discarded. The lawsuit argues that the law violated the New Hampshire Constitution.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (20-4063)
Issue(s):
Whether Ohio Secretary of State LaRose's directive limiting each Ohio county to a single secure drop box for absentee applications and ballots in the 2020 election violates the fundamental right to vote under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Whether Maricopa County poll workers violated Arizona law by providing voters "sharpies" as ballot-marking devices, which allegedly caused markings to bleed through ballots and the ballots to be cancelled
The AFPI is suing the Biden administration regarding Executive Order 14019. Plaintiffs allege that the contested executive order compromises the authority states hold to conduct elections by requiring federal agencies to develop voter registration programs. The AFPI seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to strike Executive Order 14019 down as unconstitutional and block federal agencies from developing and implementing voter registration programs.
Improper Election Administration, Polling Place Challenges
Most Recent Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case 1:20-cv-03263)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs filed complaint in response to the long lines and waiting times experienced by Georgia voters during the primary due to closure and consolidation of polling locations and inadequate election equipment and training.
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (CV-22-01823-PHX-MTL)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs allege that Clean Elections USA's supporters gathered at ballot drop boxes with the intent of deterring voters from depositing their ballots. The plaintiffs cite a voter complaint that they were filmed and photographed while approaching a drop box. They also cite an incident where the Maricopa County Sherriff's office responded to a report of two armed individuals in tactical gear near a drop box. The plaintiffs argue the defendants are in violation of section 11(b) of the VRA and the Ku Klux Klan Act.
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