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Towers v. Soptic

2:21-cv-02564 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2021

Closed Date: May 6, 2022

A candidate for the office of Wyandotte County Sheriff in 2021 initially filed a complaint pro se in the state trial court of Kansas against the declared winner and other individuals and government entities, alleging election improprieties related to the way votes were counted and confirmed (Case no. 2021MV354). The plaintiff alleged violations of the 15th and 26th Amendments, as well as state law. After filing, the plaintiff attempted to remove the case to federal court in the District of Kans…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Whitten v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee

3:21-cv-03023 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 12, 2021

This is a case concerning proper candidate nomination and caucus procedures in Illinois. An unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Rochester Township’s Road Commissioner (“Candidate”), as well as four caucus-goers of the December 1, 2020 Rochester Township Republican caucus, filed this suit represented by private attorneys in the Central District of Illinois on January 15, 2021. Plaintiffs had previously filed suit in state court, but their case was dismissed for lack of juris…

Verified Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief

Whitten et al. v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee et al.

Jan. 15, 2021

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary or Permanent Injunction

Whitten et al. v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee et al.

Jan. 19, 2021

Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary or Permanent Injunction

Whitten et al. v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee et al.

Jan. 19, 2021

Defendant Lynn Chard's Objection to Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary or Permanent Injunction

Whitten et al. v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee et al.

Jan. 25, 2021

Motion to Adopt Defendant Lynn Chard's Objection to Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary or Permanent Injunction Pursuant to Fed. R. of Civ. P. 10(c)

Whitten et al. v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee et al.

Jan. 27, 2021

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Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee Seeking The Recall of Firestone Trustees v. Koenig

1:21-cv-03069 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2021

Closed Date: March 15, 2022

On October 25, 2021, the Committee Seeking the Recall of Firestone Trustees filed a lawsuit against the town clerk of the town of Firestone, Colorado. The Complaint was filed in the Weld County District Court in Colorado. The plaintiff sued the Town Clerk under Colo. Const. art. XXI, §§ 1 and 4 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claimed that the clerk of the town of Firestone employed in improper standard to reject petitions seeking the recall of the Firestone Board of Trustees. Specifically, the Clerk…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Baltimore County Branch of the NAACP v. Baltimore County, Maryland

1:21-cv-03232 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2021

Closed Date: April 7, 2025

Nonprofits filed suit against the Baltimore County Council’s plan to redistrict as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301. The Council proposed a plan that would concentrate Black voters in one district where they would make up more than 50 percent of the voting population out of seven total districts, even though the Black population had increased countywide from about 20 to 30 percent since the early 2000s. The plan also meant that only one district would have mo…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Baltimore Country Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Baltimore County

Dec. 21, 2021

Stipulation of Dismissal

Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. v. Baltimore County, et al.

Jan. 18, 2022

Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Baltimore County

Jan. 19, 2022

Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Baltimore County

Jan. 19, 2022

Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Baltimore County

Feb. 8, 2022

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Whiteside v. Raffensperger

1:21-cv-03618 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 2022

This case concerns the Georgia Election Integrity Act, SB202. On August 31, 2021, the Solicitor General of Gwinnett County, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia against the Georgia Secretary of State and the Georgia State Election Board. Plaintiff alleged SB202, otherwise known as the Georgia Election Integrity Act, violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. 10301. Plaintiff also brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging SB202 violated the Firs…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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

1:21-cv-03830 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2021

The New York City Council passed, and Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, Local Law No. 15 (the “Law”).  The Law barred citizens previously convicted of corruption-related felonies from holding certain offices, like Mayor or Council Member.  Plaintiff Hiram Monserrate challenged the Law in April 2021, but he voluntarily dismissed his claim later that year.  The Law remains in effect. Plaintiff served in a variety of local- and state-level public official rules since 2000.  In 2012, he pled guilty to m…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Towers v. Wyandotte County, Kansa

5:21-cv-04089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2021

This case involved allegations that local officials violated civil and voting rights laws by rejecting valid ballots cast by African-American voters and reporting fraudulent vote counts, thereby depriving the plaintiff of elected office. A pro se Plaintiff, after her unsuccessful candidacy for Wyandotte County Sheriff, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on December 10, 2021. Defendants included the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas (the…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reyes v. Chilton

4:21-cv-05075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: May 7, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 6, 2023

This case is a voting-rights lawsuit brought in 2021 by several Latino civil-rights organizations and individual Latino voters in central and eastern Washington. The plaintiffs sued election officials in Benton, Yakima, and Chelan counties, arguing that the counties’ mail-ballot signature-verification systems were rejecting Latino voters’ ballots at disproportionately high rates. Washington conducts most elections by mail, and every ballot envelope must be signed; county staff compare that sign…

Settled: Case Closed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gabriel v. Weber

5:21-cv-05605 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 21, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2021

This case involved allegations that changes to a gubernatorial recall election violated voter rights, suppressed minority participation, and limited access to the ballot and voter information. The write in candidate plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit after two requests for a temporary restraining order (TRO) were denied. On July 21, 2021, a write-in candidate for the California gubernatorial recall election filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Distri…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of New York v. Rollins

6:25-cv-02186 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2025

This case involves a multi-state coalition challenge against the Trump Administration’s policy that restricted eligibility for SNAP benefits. In July 2025, the Trump Administration enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that narrowed the categories of non-citizens who could be eligible for SNAP benefits and imposed penalties on States issuing payments in error. Four months later, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a policy that proposed to guide the State's implementation of the A…

Preliminary Injunction Granted