U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (1:20-cv-03127)
Issue(s):
Whether changes to the postal service system made by the Postmaster General which have caused delays in mail and diminished postal service capacity were made unconstitutionally and interfere with the right to vote.
Whether NJ Governor Philip Murphy's Executive Order mandating NJ's November General Election to be conducted primarily via vote-by-mail ballots and allowing for every vote-by-mail ballot postmarked on or before November 3, 2020 and received by November 10, 2020 to be counted is unconstitutional and in violation of federal statutes.
Plaintiff States challenge the legality of defendant's actions regarding the operation of the United States Postal Service (USPS), arguing such actions are designated to undermine the effective operation of the USPS and impede the efforts of states to conduct fair and free elections.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (20-5352)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs are challenging the recent United States Postal Service policy changes, contending that such changes are worsening issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and threatening local, state, and federal elections, including the upcoming presidential election.
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 is consistent with Ohio law.
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.
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 the court should enjoin Nevada's Secretary of State from certifying the state's election results due to widespread fraud enabled by unconstitutional mail-in ballot legislation
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (20-03139)
Issue(s):
Whether absentee ballots received up to eight days after Election Day without a post mark can constitutionally be counted in the election. Whether the Secretary of the State of Minnesota can change the mail-in ballot deadline by a court approved agreement.
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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