Special Collection: Healthy Elections COVID litigation tracker

Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Litigation Tracker

For the 2020 election, the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project compiled a database tracking election law cases arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic—over 400 cases in more than 44 states. For more information on the project, see https://healthyelections.org.

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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League of Women Voters of Alabama v. Merrill

03-CV-2020-900702 | Alabama state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/12/2020, Facts: The …

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Bray v. Griswold

20CV195 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Diana…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Ritchie v. Polis

2020CV31708 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 01, 2020, On M…

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Schneider v. Griswold

20CV31415 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The E…

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Rapini v. Merrill

HHB-CV20-6060234-S | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, In May 2020,…

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League of Women Voters of Delaware v. Delaware Department of Elections

2020-0761 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/22/2020, This action …

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American Federation of Teachers v. Gardner

216-2020-CV-00570 | New Hampshire state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of October 7, 2020, New Ham…

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DSCC v. Pate

05771 CVCV060642 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 7, 2020, After …

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LULAC of Iowa v. Pate

06521-CVCV081901 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of October 6, 2020, Iowa do…

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RNC v. Gill

03971 EQCV193154 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 6, 2020, The T…

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RNC v. Miller

20-cv-95986 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Plain…

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RNC v. Weipert

06521 CVCV081957 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 16, 2020, The …

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Sterne v. Adams

20-CI-00538 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 6, 2020, KY is…

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Alliance for Retired Americans v. Dunlap

CV-20-95 | Maine state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 9, 2020, Plaint…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Gusciora v. McGreevey

MER-L-2691-04 | New Jersey state appellate court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Plain…

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State of New Mexico v. Oliver

S-1-SC-38228 | New Mexico state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Petit…

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Bertin v. Galvin

SJ-2020-0520 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Massachusett…

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Brady v. State Ballot Law Commission

SJ-2020-0321 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Petitioner H…

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Grossman v. Galvin

SJC-12996 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/06/2020, For its Sept…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Fair and Equal Michigan v. Benson

20-000095-MM | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

Add to the Summary:NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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NAACP Minnesota v. Simon

62-CV-20-3625 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The C…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Oppenheim v. Watson

25CH1:20-cv-00961 | Mississippi state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 8, 2020, Plain…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Hawatmeh v. New York State Board of Elections

903484-2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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Jasikoff v. Commissioners of the Westchester County Board of Elections

1376/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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Mejia v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

260287/20 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Josel…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Mujumder v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

260286/20 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Puliafito v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

100432-2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Seawright fi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Quinn v. Cuomo

705011/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, After Govern…

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Yin v. Cuomo

705013/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, After Govern…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Advance N.C. v. North Carolina

20CV-02965 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, North Caroli…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Chambers v. North Carolina

20CVS500124 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Plaintiffs w…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

20-CVS-05035 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs, …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Stringer v. North Carolina

20-CVS-05615 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, The suit cha…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Delisle v. Boockvar

319-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, The c…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Disability Rights Pennsylvania v. Boockvar

83-MM-2020 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Disa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Brockman v. LaRose

20-CV-2105 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs, …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Ohio Democratic Party v. LaRose

20CV005634 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/10/2020, The Ohio Dem…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Ohio ex rel. Ohio Democratic Party v. LaRose

2020-0388 | Ohio state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, After Ohio D…

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Ohio ex rel. Speweik v. Wood County Board of Elections

2020-0382 | Ohio state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Facts/Claims…

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Manning v. Rogers

MA-118774 | Oklahoma state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, Facts/claim…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
In re: Extension of Time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

20-cv-03416 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, The Delaware…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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In re: Extension of time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

2020-02322-37 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Due t…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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In re: Extension of time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

2020-0641 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Facts…

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NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference v. Boockvar

364-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 16, 2020, Plai…

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Walker v. Barnett

4:20-cv-04059 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/15/2020, Plaintiff st…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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In re Hotze

20-0729 | Texas state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/18/2020, The issue in…

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Texas v. Hollins

14-20-00627-CV | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Texas, throu…

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Alberto v. City of Roanoke

CL 20000997-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/22/2020, Two potentia…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Lean on McLean v. Showalter

CL20001959-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Tracy McLean…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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Richmond for All v. Department of Elections

CL 20002432-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker.
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Seventh Congressional District Republican Committee. v. Virginia Department of Elections

CL 20001640-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, In Virginia,…

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Edwards v. Vos

3:20-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Class…

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Jefferson v. Dane County

2020AP557-OA | Wisconsin state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Petit…

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Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers

2020AP000608 | Wisconsin state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The W…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arctic Village Council v. Meyer

3AN-20-07858Cl | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by Arctic Village Council, the League of Women Voters, and individual Alaska voters with …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Bullock

6:20-cv-00066 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the 2020 general election. On August 6, 2020, the Governor of Montana issued a directive which would allow universal vote-by-mail in the state by sending ea…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Vote Forward v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 25, 2021

This is a case about delays in mail-in ballots due to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy changes. On August 28, 2020, Vote Forward, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, Colorado Organization for Lat…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lichtenstein v. Hargett

3:20-cv-00736 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Tennessee’s statute that forbids anyone but employees of election commissions to provide absentee ballots to any person. Plaintiffs are organizations (and one individual) who eng…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Parham v. Watson

3:20-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2020

NOTE: This case was tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. For more information, see their tracker. This is a case brought by voting rights organizations and in…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Debraska v. Oneida Business Committee

1:20-cv-01321 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

Individual members of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, including Oneida Nation 2020 primary election candidates, filed a suit on August 28, 2020, against the Oneida Business Committee (the Business Co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yazzie v. Hobbs

3:20-cv-08222 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/31/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alliance Party v. D.C. Board of Elections

1:20-cv-02319 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2020

This case involved the District of Columbia’s signature requirements for ballot qualification during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill B-23-0864 lowered the signatures required for third-party presidential…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. DeJoy

2:20-cv-04096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about changes to U.S. Postal Service operations in the run-up to the 2020 general election. In May 2020, then-President Trump appointed a campaign donor as Postmaster General; he was c…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
NAACP v. USPS

1:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether the United States Postal Service's postal delivery and ballot service policy changes relevant to the 2020 presidential election were implemented in violation of federal l…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
American Women v. Missouri

20AC-CC00333 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 10, 2020, After…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arlene Ocasio v. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones

3:20-cv-01432 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

On August 20, 2020, two Puerto Rican citizens, aged sixty-seven and sixty-nine years old, who were at risk of severe complications from COVID-19 ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. Dist…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Republican State Committee of Delaware v. The State of Delaware Department of Elections

2020-0685-SG | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/31/2020, A new Delawa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eason v. Whitmer

3:20-cv-12252 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s ballot-access requirements for independent candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives during the November 2020 election. On August 19, 2…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Johnakin v. U.S. Postal Service

2:20-cv-04055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 25, 2020

On August 19, 2020, a Philadelphia voter and independent congressional candidate filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Pennsylvania where it was assigned to Judge Anita B.…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of Washington v. Trump

1:20-cv-03127 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/18/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Murphy

3:20-cv-10753 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

This is a challenge to voting procedures in New Jersey leading up to the 2020 election. On August 14, 2020, New Jersey’s governor issued Executive Order 177 (EO 177) in response to the COVID-19 pande…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
National Urban League v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02391 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/13/2020, USPS enacted…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Richardson v. Trump

1:20-cv-02262 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 8, 2021

This is a case about vote-by-mail in the 2020 general election. In July 2020, a longtime campaign donor to then-President Donald Trump was confirmed as Postmaster General of the United States Postal …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
A. Philip Randolph Institute of Ohio v. Larose

1:20-cv-01908 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2020

This is a case about voting procedures in Ohio’s 2020 general election. On August 12, 2020, the Ohio Secretary of State issued directive 2020-16, which interpreted Ohio law to require each county boa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas Alliance of Retired Americans v. Hughes

5:20-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2022

This is a case about HB25, a law ending straight ticket voting in Texas that was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 12, 2020 the Texas Alliance of Retired Americans, the national sen…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Cook County Republican Party v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-04676 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 2020

On August 10, 2020 the Cook County Republican Party brought this lawsuit against the Governor of Illinois, various board members of the Illinois Board of Elections, the Cook County Clerk, and the Com…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reed-Pratt v. Winfrey

3:20-cv-12129 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

On August 9, 2020, a Detroit resident and registered voter sued the Detroit city clerk, Detroit Department of Elections, and Detroit Election Commission, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Di…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-03850 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On August 7, 2020, two non-profit organizations, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburg, filed this lawsuit with two individual Pennsylvania voters in th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Anderson v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-03263 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2020

This is a case about the November 2020 general election in Georgia. The plaintiffs were three individual voters in Fulton County, GA, the Georgia Democratic Party, and the Democratic Senatorial Campa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jobs for Downriver v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-12115 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

This is a case about challenges to Michigan ballot signature requirements. On August 5, 2020, local ballot committees of several cities in Michigan filed this lawsuit in the United States District Co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-01445 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2020

This is a 2020 case about voting by mail during pandemics and other disasters in Nevada. Nevada passed Assembly Bill 4 (AB4) on August 2, 2020. AB4 allowed areas impacted by a pandemic or other disas…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Walz

0:20-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

This is a case about an executive order mask mandate by the governor of Minnesota allegedly conflicting with state law prohibiting wearing a mask in public. On August 8, 2020, the Minnesota Voters Al…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Harding v. Edwards

3:20-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

Closed Date: May 17, 2021

This is a case about Louisiana voters who wished to avoid potential exposure to COVID-19 while casting their ballots in the November 2020 general election and December 2020 second-round runoff electi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jorgensen v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 31, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On July 31, 2020, a candidate for United States President from the Libertarian Party of Maine, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, seeking to challenge Maine's pe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose

2:20-cv-03843 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 31, 2020

Closed Date: May 20, 2021

This case challenged Ohio’s signature matching policy when processing election ballots. On July 31, 2020, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio A. Phillip Randolph Institute, and two adversely…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson

1:20-cv-02007 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 30, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of Indiana’s Noon Election Day receipt deadline for mail-in ballots during the November 2020 election. On July 30, 2020, Common Cause Indiana and Indiana St…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Dhillon v. Wobensmith

1:20-cv-02197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 28, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

This is a case challenging Maryland’s mayoral signature gathering requirements in light of COVID-19. On July 28th, 2020, a prospective, unaffiliated candidate for mayor of Baltimore filed this lawsui…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gary v. Virginia Department of Elections

1:20-cv-00860 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

A voter with print disabilities, along with the National Federation for the Blind of Virginia and the American Counsel of the Blind of Virginia, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Semien v. Hughs

1:20-cv-00789 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

On July 24, 2020, individual plaintiffs with print disabilities, along with the National Federation of the Blind of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S.…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause Rhode Island v. Gorbea

1:20-cv-00318 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 23, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2021

Rhode Island state law required mail voters to have either two lay witnesses or one notary sign their mail-in ballot envelopes. On July 23, 2020, the League of Women Voters, Common Cause Rhode Island…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fay v. Merrill

SC20477 | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: July 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 22, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Congr…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Meyer

3:20-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case was filed on July 17, 2020 by three nonprofit advocacy groups and two individual plaintiffs in Alaska, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the state from only sending mail…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
La Riva v. D.C. Board of Elections

1:20-cv-01937 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

This is a case about how the District of Columbia was allowed to adjust signature requirements for entry onto the ballot for different levels of elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Jul…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gallagher v. N.Y. State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-05504 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2021

This is a case about mail-in voting in the 2020 primary and general elections in New York. On May 1, 2020, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that meant to expand access to mail-in …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mi Familia Vota v. Abbott

5:20-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 16, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 2021

This is a case about safe voting access during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 16, 2020, Mi Familia Vota, Texas State Conference of NAACP, and individual registered voters filed this lawsuit in the U.…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Merrill v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00248 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about accessible electronic voting and vote-by-mail procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 15, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are blind or legally blind, filed this lawsuit in the…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hawkins v. Ziriax

5:20-cv-00687 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

This is a case about the special requirements Oklahoma placed on presidential candidates who wanted to be added to the ballot as representatives of a non-mainstream political party. Seven Oklahoma vo…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Luciani v. Virginia State Board of Elections

7:20-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On July 13, 2020, an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (“the plaintiff”) sued the Virginia Department of Elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and its officers (…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Gallagher v. Newsom

CVCS20-0000912 | California state trial court

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar

407-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state appellate court

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

This case is about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mail-in voting. On July 10, 2020, the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania and several Democratic politicians in the state filed this lawsuit in the C…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alliance Party v. Virginia State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00774 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Closed Date: April 20, 2021

On July 9, 2020, the Alliance Party and its 2020 presidential candidate (the Alliance Party), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Virginia B…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson

1:20-cv-01825 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

This is a case challenging two amendments to the Indiana election code as unconstitutionally burdening the right to vote. The "standing amendment" deprived voters of standing to petition state courts…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of the U.S. v. Kosinski

1:20-cv-05238 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2021

On July 8, 2020, this action, brought by the League of Women’s Voters of the United States, the League of Women’s Voters of New York, and an individual voter in the U.S. District Court for the Southe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Blankenship v. Newsom

3:20-cv-04479 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed on July 7, 2020 by a third-party presidential candidate and a California registered voter, seeking an injunction against the state's ballot signature requirem…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Frye v. Gardner

1:20-cv-00751 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about equal access to voting for print-disabled voters. On July 7, 2020, the National Federation of the Blind, Inc.; the National Federation of the Blind of New Hampshire, Inc.; Granite …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Ivey v. Lamone

1:20-cv-01995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: July 20, 2020

During the November 2020 election, an individual (the plaintiff in this case) wanted to become an independent candidate for Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District on the November 2020 general elec…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Davis v. Wayne County Election Commission

2:20-cv-11819 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 6, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, Plaintiffs b…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eisen v. Cuomo

7:20-cv-05121 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 3, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

An independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New York’s 17th congressional district filed a lawsuit on July 3, 2020 in order to declare unconstitutional, enjoin, or modi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00909 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 2, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

This is a case about how Connecticut's restrictions on eligibility for mail-in ballot voting during the COVID-19 pandemic threatened voters' constitutional and statutory rights. On July 2, 2020, a co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Griffin v. Hawaii

1:20-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: July 2, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 8, 2020

This is a case about Hawaii's mail-in voting program. On July 2, 2020, a candidate for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Kishore v. Newsom

2:20-cv-05859 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Third party…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
McCarter v. Brown

6:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 17, 2020

This case was about the constitutionality of the Governor of Oregon’s COVID-19 executive orders and the signature requirements for ballot initiatives for the 2020 general election. The plaintiff, an …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People Not Politicians Oregon v. Clarno

6:20-cv-01053 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Closed Date: June 10, 2021

This case is about the constitutionality of Oregon’s signature requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs, five Oregon nonprofit organizations and one Oregon res…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De La Fuente v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01276 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: Initially tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, this lawsuit was filed on June 29, 2020 by the Alliance Party its nominee for the 2020 Presidential Election, seekin…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 29, 2020, the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, the Republican National Committee, four Republican members of the U.S. Hous…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Baker v. Thurston

60CV-20-3565 | Arkansas state trial court

Filed Date: June 23, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 9, 2020, Pla…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Sangiacomo v. Padilla

34-2020-80003413 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 23, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Proponents…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
De Jean v. Nago

1:20-cv-00280 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Khistina De …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Kishore v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-11605 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 18, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s ballot-access requirements during the November 2020 election. On June 18, 2020, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidates for President and Vi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Goldin v. Restrepo

1:20-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 16, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 2020

This case arose out of the 2020 election in Rhode Island. On June 16, 2020, candidates for the Rhode Island Senate ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hotze v. Abbott

4:20-cv-02104 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 15, 2020

Closed Date: July 29, 2020

On June 15, 2020, 1,316 Texas residents and companies ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Dis…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arizona Democratic Party v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01143 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 3, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit, initially tracked by being tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed on June 10, 2020 by the Arizona Democratic Party, the Democratic National …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Macarro v. Padilla

34-2020-80003404 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 9, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Proponents…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Nemes v. Bensinger

3:20-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: July 17, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of a reduction in the number of polling places during the June 23, 2020 primary election in Kentucky. On June 8, 2020, a Kentucky state representative and s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

1:20-cv-00688 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2020

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and several of its hopeful candidates in the 2020 elections brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on June 8, 2020. Plai…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reclaim Idaho v. Little

1:20-cv-00268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 6, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

On June 6, 2020, Reclaim Idaho, an Idaho political action committee, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by a private law firm, the plaintiff sued the…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alaska Libertarian Party v. Fenumiai

3:20-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: July 13, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This action, initially being tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed on June 3, 2020 by the Alaska Libertarian Party, seeking lowered signature requirement…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Hoffard v. Cochise County

4:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2022

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 7, 2020, Plai…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Sense Party v. Padilla

2:20-cv-01091 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2020

Closed Date: March 22, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hawkins v. DeWine

2:20-cv-02781 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 29, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access requirements for the November 2020 general election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs, two independent presidential ca…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Davis v. Benson

1:20-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, political activist Robert Davis sued Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims on May 28, 2020. He alleged that her decision to send a…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Republican National Committee v. Newsom

2:20-cv-01055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 24, 2020

Closed Date: July 9, 2020

On May 24, 2020, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the California Republican Party filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hernandez v. New York State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-04003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 election cycle in New York. On April 9, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a series of executive orders allowing any vote…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Robinson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections

1:20-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: June 30, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Washington D…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Drenth v. Boockvar

1:20-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

This is a case about accessible ballots for blind individuals in Pennsylvania. On May 21, 2020, a blind individual who was registered to vote in Pennsylvania and the National Federation of the Blind …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moreno v. Denney

1:20-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Voting for I…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Maryland Green Party v. Hogan

1:20-cv-01253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: June 19, 2020

This case, initially tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, is about Maryland election laws which required candidates from the Green Party and the Libertarian Party to gather 10,000 s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Swenson v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, private plaintiffs and nonprofit organizations sued on May 19, 2020 to require election officials in Wisconsin to expand access to absentee voting for the November gen…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:20-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2020

On May 15, 2020, the Constitution Party of Virginia and individual independent candidates filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where the case was assign…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania v. Wolf

5:20-cv-02299 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2020

The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania, the Constitution Party of Pennsylvania, the Green Party of Pennsylvania, and six members of these parties ("the plaintiffs") brought this lawsuit challenging Pe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
In re State of Texas

20-0394 | Texas state supreme court

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: May 27, 2020

This case concerned access to voting by mail for voters who were otherwise healthy but worried about their risk of exposure to COVID-19 from voting in-person. On May 13, 2020, the State of Texas file…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Curtin v. Virginia State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00546 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 18, 2020

On May 13, 2020, six Virginia residents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Virginia State Boar…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fugazi v. Padilla

2:20-cv-00970 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2020

This is a case about voting accessibility in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 12, 2020, the plaintiffs filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Ca…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Grimes v. Florida Department of State

2020-CA-000908 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, A trio of vo…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fight for Nevada v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Closed Date: May 26, 2020

This lawsuit challenged a statutory deadline for gathering signatures on a petition for the recall of an elected official during the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 11, 2020, a committee established for th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01986 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 summary: On May 8, 2020, two voters…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fight Back Fund v. State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-02791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, The C…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Murray v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-03571 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 7, 2020

Closed Date: June 7, 2020

This is a case about a Republican candidate’s failed attempt to appear on the ballot to oppose U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 election cycle. On March 14, 2020, in response …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gottlieb v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00623 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 6, 2020, two Connecticut voters brought this class action on behalf of all registered Connecticut voters in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Represented by private coun…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Garcia v. Griswold

1:20-cv-01268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

This is a case about a U.S. Senate candidate seeking to be placed on the 2020 Democratic primary ballot after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the usual signature gathering process. On May 6, 2020, th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Nevada's signature-gathering requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of 2019, a political action committee called …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Sinner v. Jaeger

3:20-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 24, 2020

This is a case about whether the U.S. Constitution was violated by the combined pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and North Dakota's in-person signature gathering requirements for ballot initiative …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Duncan v. LaRose

2:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access laws. The plaintiff, an individual Ohio voter and repeated independent presidential candidate, filed this complaint pro se on May 6, 2…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Whitfield v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00466 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: July 2, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by two independent candidates for public office, seeking various changes to Arkansas’ bal…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
California Republican Party v. Newsom

34-2020-00277751 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/04/2020, After Gover…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gloria v. Hughs

5:20-cv-00527 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Texas law permitted voters over sixty-five years old to vote by mail in State elections. On April 29, 2020, six Texans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight years ("the plaintiffs") filed thi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yang v. Kellner

1:20-cv-03325 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 5, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 27, 2020, the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) by unanimous vote and in spite of executive orders from the New York governor, adopted a resoluti…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bambenek v. White

3:20-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 27, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

This is a challenge to Illinois’ signature collection requirement for initiative referendums to appear on the ballot in light of COVID-19 which made it difficult to safely collect signatures. On Apri…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Thurston

5:20-cv-05070 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 22, 2020

Closed Date: July 23, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by plaintiffs who sought to place a constitutional amendment on the Arkansas ballot. They…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Paher v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 31, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 7, 2020, Plain…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eilenberg v. City of Colton

8:20-cv-00767 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 8, 2021

This is a case about a constitutional right to gather signatures to qualify a city ballot initiative during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency. On April 20, 2020, the manager of a ballot initiative…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Bertrand v. Woodbury County

CVCV191798 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: May 1, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 7, 2020, A for…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Corona v. Cegavske

20-OC-00064-1B | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

This is a case about voting by mail in Nevada. On April 16, 2020, a group of plaintiffs consisting of four registered Nevada voters and the Nevada State Democratic Party, Democratic National Committe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials v. Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections

1:20-cv-01587 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether Georgia's mailing of English-only absentee ballots for the June 2020 primary violated the Voting Rights Act. On April 14, 2020, several non-profit voting rights organizat…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Garbett v. Herbert

2:20-cv-00245 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, After a requ…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
New Approach Montana v. Montana

XBDV-2020-444 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Closed Date: April 6, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The M…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Connecticut v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 19, 2020, Liber…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Beard v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-11067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

In this case, a Michigan citizen who was a candidate for the Third Circuit Court Judge position in Wayne County filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on A…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Taylor v. Milwaukee Elections Commission

2:20-cv-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: May 12, 2020

On March 22, 2020, the Milwaukee Election Commission suspended early voting for the April 7, 2020, Wisconsin general election in response to safety concerns regarding election workers exposure to COV…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Di Genova-Chang v. Ducey

4:20-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: May 18, 2020

This case is about the voting procedures in Arizona in light of COVID-19. The plaintiff, an Arizona resident and candidate for local office, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Distric…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Wright v. Oklahoma

5:20-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This pro se lawsuit was filed on March 31, 2020, by a prospective candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seeking monetary damages and changes to Oklahoma’s requirements for…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
City of Green Bay v. Bostelmann

1:20-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: March 27, 2020

The city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Green Bay city clerk, and the mayor of Green Bay brought this lawsuit on March 24, 2020, to challenge the constitutionality of the April 7, 2020, election in Wis…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Frederick v. Lawson

1:19-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 16, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2020

This is a case about the disenfranchisement of Indiana absentee voters due to unconstitutional signature verification procedures. On May 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…

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