The WEC approved the use of the National Voter Registration Form. The plaintiff challenges this approval arguing that the form is missing several components required by state law and contains components prohibited by state law.
Whether Arizona's policy of not counting out-of-precinct provisional ballots violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Whether an Arizona law prohibiting individuals from collecting the early ballots of others (aka "ballot harvesting") violates section 2 the Voting Rights Act because it disproportionately and adversely impacts minorities and unjustifiably burdens the right to vote.
A lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's use of alternate absentee voting sites and mobile voting facilities. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that under Wisconsin law alternate absentee ballot sites "shall be located as near as practicable to the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners,” but that sites used during the August 2022 primary and the November 2022 General Election failed to meet this requirement. They also allege that the use of certain voting cites advantaged one of more political parties. Next they allege that the use of city hall as an in-person absentee voting site violated Wisconsin law. Additionally, the complaint claims that the use of mobile voting sites violated State law. Finally, the complaint contends that Wisconsin law requires polling places to be in buildings and "not in a transitory vehicle such as a van or bus.”
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Case 5:20-cv-00035)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs challenge Texas's attempt to end straight-ticket voting, arguing that it will unjustifiably and discriminatorily burden Texans’ fundamental right to vote.
Whether the defendants violated the Elections and Electors Clauses, the Equal Protection Clause, and the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution, in addition to Arizona law, in administering Arizona's election; Allegations include the counting of unlawful absentee and mail-in ballots that violated standards set by the legislature and led to widespread voter fraud; The plaintiff seeks the decertification of Arizona's Presidential election results or the exclusion of unlawful absentee and mail-in ballots from the count.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1:22-cv-00092-LY)
Issue(s):
Parties seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the Texas Secretary of State in his official capacity. The parties argue that Texas implemented a voter purge program in 2019 that violated the public disclosure provision of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
The lawsuit challenges the WEC's new guideline that voters must their own absentee ballots without any assistance, which includes place the ballot in the mail. Plaintiffs allege violations of section 105 of the VRA, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and title 2 of the ADA.
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. 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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