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Service Employees International Union, Local #1 v. Husted

2:12-cv-00562 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 22, 2012

Closed Date: 2016

This litigation involves two related cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The lead case was filed on June 22, 2012, by a number of unions, including Service Employees International Union Local 1 (SEIU), against the State of Ohio challenging several provisions of Ohio's election code. The related case, Ne. Ohio Coal. for the Homeless v. Husted, had been filed in 2006 by the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) and others, challenging numerous pro…
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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Husted

2:06-cv-00896 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2006

Closed Date: March 28, 2018

On October 24, 2006, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless ("NEOCH") and Service Employees International Union ("SEIU") filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the State of Ohio. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and declaratory relief challenging numerous aspects of Ohio's comprehensive voter-identification law set forth in Ohio's House Bill 3. The pla…
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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 District of Arizona in forma pauperis on March 31, 2020, against the Governor of Arizona, the Pima County Department of Elections, and the Pima County Recorder’s Office. Citing multiple federal laws, including the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and the Help America Vote Act, the plaintiff argued that…
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Bryan v. Abramson, Jr.

1:10-cv-00079 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2010

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2010

Plaintiff Adelbert Bryan, a resident of St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands, filed suit against John Abramson, Jr. as Supervisor of Elections, the Joint Board of Elections and Government of the Virgin Islands ("Defendants") seeking a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against Defendants to enjoin them from requiring voters who elect not to use electronic voting machines to use provisional ballots instead of paper ballots in the upcoming primary and general elections of 2010…
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United States v. City of Philadelphia

2:06-cv-04592 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2006

Closed Date: Jan. 7, 2009

This is a case about enforcing the Voting Rights Act and compelling the establishment of effective voting mechanisms for voters who have limited proficiency in English. On October 13, 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Commissioners and the Philadelphia County Board of Elections under Sections 203 and 208 of the Vot…
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United States of America v. State of Maine

1:06-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 28, 2006

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2009

The United States of America brought suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants, the State of Maine and the Secretary of State of Maine to enforce the requirements of Sections 301(a) and 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (“HAVA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 15481(a), 15483(a), and to enforce the voter registration list maintenance requirements of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (the “NVRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg-6. Plaintiff alleged that defendants received…
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Colon-Marrero v. Conty-Perez

3:12-cv-01749 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2015

This case concerned the Puerto Rico State Election Commission's alleged illegal removal of electors from the electoral register.   On September 12, 2012, a citizen of the United States of America residing in Puerto Rico filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the President and the Commissioners of Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission (“SEC”). The case was presided by District Judge Carmen Consuelo Cerezo. On September 21, 2012, another resident …
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United States of America v. Fort Bend County, Texas

4:09-cv-01058 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 9, 2009

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2012

On April 9, 2009, the Attorney General of the United States (the “Plaintiff”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division. The Plaintiff sued Fort Bend County, Texas (the “Defendant”) under Sections 4(f)(4) and 208 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”) and Section 302(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (“HAVA”). The case was assigned to Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant violated Section 4(f) the VRA bec…
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Texas Voters Alliance v. Dallas County

4:20-cv-00775 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

On October 9 2020, a voting-rights group and voters brought this action under the Elections Clause, Supremacy Clause, and Help Americans Vote Act (HAVA) against Texas counties, alleging that a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization had awarded COVID-19 relief election administration grants to counties as supplemental funding to ensure the safety of voters, and that counties acted ultra vires in forming public-private partnerships for federal election administration with this organization by accept…
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Pennsylvania Voters All v. Centre County

4:20-cv-01761 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2020

This case stems from Centre County, Delaware County, and the City of Philadelphia’s acceptance of election grants from a nonpartisan, non-profit organization called the Center of Tech and Civic Life (“CTCL”) in connection with the 2020 election. The CTCL is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster a more informed and engaged democracy and to help modernize elections. Since its inception, the CTCL had designated over $250,000,000 in grant money to election offices around the country to cover…