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POLICING
Drumwright v. Cole

1:20-cv-00998 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2022

Two consolidated federal district court cases in North Carolina alleged voter intimidation before the November 2020 elections. One was Drumright v. Cole, 1:20-cv-00998; the other was Allen v. City of Graham, 1:20-cv-00997. Both were filed on the same day by participants in the same event.On October 31, 2020, police dispersed an event held in front of the Graham, NC courthouse, using pepper spray. The event titled, the "I Am Change March to the Polls," was held on the last day of early voting an…
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 absentee applications to voters over 65 years old for the 2020 federal elections and a declaration that the state's policy was unconstitutional. On September 3, 2020, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs appealed the denial of the preliminary injuncti…
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

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, Action by group of citizens alleging denial of right to vote in 4/7/20 Wisconsin Presidential Primary and Spring Election. Complaint seeks damages and injunctive and declaratory relief to establish reasonable, disability accessible, and constitutionally sufficient voting procedures (including mail voting…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Middleton v. Andino

3:20-cv-01730 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

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. 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: This is an action brought by South Carolina voters, candidates, and democratic organizations, seeking to enjoin various voting restrictions in the South Carolina law. Som…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Young v. Hosemann

3:08-cv-00567 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2008

Closed Date: 2009

On September 12, 2008, two convicted felons filed a civil rights action under federal and state laws in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division. Plaintiffs named the Secretary of the State of Mississippi, and various county election officials as Defendants. Plaintiffs allege that §241 of the Mississippi Constitution explicitly allows for individuals who have been convicted of a crime to vote for the U.S. President and Vice President. Plaintiffs assert …
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 requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gonzalez v. State of Arizona

2:06-cv-01268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 9, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 9, 2006, a group of Latino voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the state of Arizona. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, MALDEF, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project, brought suit under the Voting Rights Act, the NVRA, the Civil Rights Act of 1957/1960, 42 U.S. §1983, and state law and asked for declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs alleged that they were denied the right…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Coronado v. Brewer

2:07-cv-01089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 1, 2007

Closed Date: 2008

On June 01, 2007, Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the State of Arizona in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The Arizona Constitution provides that "[n]o person . . . convicted of treason or felony [shall] be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights." Ariz. Const. art. VII, § 2; see also A.R.S. § 14-904 ("A conviction for a felony suspends the following civil rights of the person sentences: 1. The right to vote."). A felony is "an offense for whi…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Gooden v. Worley

2:05-cv-02562 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: May 26, 2006

This case is a companion suit to the state court case, Gooden v. Hunter [CJ-AL-0004]. In this action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the NAACP challenged the practice of the Alabama Secretary of State and state voter registrars refusing to register to vote those people with felony convictions not involving moral turpitude, unless they received a "Certificate of Eligibility" pursuant to Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1.Plaintiff alleged the practice and law violate…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Detroit NAACP v. Snyder

2:13-cv-12098 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 13, 2013

On May 13, 2013, registered voters of the City of Detroit and the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP") filed suit against the State of Michigan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by the NAACP and the Arab-American Civil Rights League, plaintiffs asserted that their constitutional rights to equal protection and to participate in the political process were violated when the state appointed Emergency …