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One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol

3:15-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 29, 2015

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

This is a lawsuit regarding a set of changes in Wisconsin's voter registration and election laws. On May 29, 2015, the advocacy groups of One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, as well as individual voters, filed suit in the United States Western District Court of Wisconsin, represented by Perkins Coie. The defendants in this case are members of the Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (“GAB”), a state governmental entity that oversees Wisconsin’s campaig…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Harness v. Hosemann

3:17-cv-00791 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 30, 2023

This is a case about the felony disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s Constitution, which was enacted in 1890 and strips the right to vote for life from anyone convicted of certain crimes. On 28 September 2017, Black citizens of Mississippi with past felony convictions brought an action against Mississippi's Secretary of State. The claim was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The complaint argued that the disqualifying crimes in the felony disenfr…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Rivera-Powell v. New York City Board of Elections

1:06-cv-06843 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2006

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 2007

On September 6, 2006, Plaintiffs consisting of (i) one African-American woman who sought to become a candidate on the ballot for the Democratic Party nomination for the public office of Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York from the 7th Municipal District, New York County, Vacancy #13 for the primary election held on September 12, 2006 and for the general election held in November 2006, and (ii) six Latino-Americans who are registered Democrat Party voters in the 7th Municipal Distri…
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Williams, Jr. v. Black

3:20-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2022

This is a case alleging a false accusation and conspiracy committed by a state trooper, a retail employee, and a district attorney's office against an individual in Pennsylvania.  On March 20, 2020 the individual pro se plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint in United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania while he was an inmate at the State Correctional Institution, Smithfield, PA. The plaintiff alleged violations of his civil rights regarding his 2019 arrest and prose…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Dolores Huerta Foundation v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School District

1:22-cv-00226 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2022

Closed Date: March 6, 2023

This case concerns the constitutionality of the electoral boundaries of a California school district, the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District. On February 22, 2022, Dolores Huerta Foundation (a non-profit) and four Latino electors in the school district filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District and the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Board of Education. The plaintiffs, represented by priva…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mckay v. Goins

1:15-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2015

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2016

This case is about voter registration requirements in the State of Tennessee.  On October 14, 1998, Plaintiff initially filed an action against the State of Tennessee, Hamilton County, and various individual government employees asserting that Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-116, which requires disclosure of a social security number on the voter registration form, violated the Privacy Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-579, § 7, 88 Stat. 1896, 1909 (1974); the National Voter Registration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg…
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Murphy v. Lamborn

1:21-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2021

This case challenged a Colorado Congressman's eligibility and power to remain in office after allegedly engaging, aiding, and comforting an armed insurrection in the House Chamber at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. On January 11, 2021, plaintiff, a private citizen-resident of Colorado filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the Congressman for the U.S. HouseRepresentative for Colorado’s Fifth District. Plaintiff alleged an unconst…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Voto Latino v. Scott

1:21-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about Texas Senate Bill 6, which established Texas’s new congressional districts after the 2020 census. The Governor of Texas signed Senate Bill 6 into law on October 25, 2021. The same day, Voto Latino, a non-profit Latino voting rights organization, along with individual Latino and African-American registered voters filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin). Plaintiffs named the Governor of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State as d…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump For President, Inc. v. Benson

1:20-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 19, 2020

This case is about allegations that Wayne County, which includes Detroit, did not follow Michigan’s election code during the November 2020 presidential election by preventing election challengers from observing the processing and counting of ballots and by purportedly counting ineligible ballots. On November 11, 2020, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., the campaign committee for the reelection of President Trump and Vice President Pence, along with seven individuals who were credentialed elec…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Benson

1:21-cv-00929 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about the Public Interest Legal Foundation (the “Foundation”) expending its resources to “clean-up” the list of voting registrants in Michigan by requesting an injunction to have Michigan’s Secretary of State (the “Secretary”) implement a plan to investigate and remove deceased registrants from Michigan’s voting list.  On November 3, 2021, the Foundation brought this action against the Secretary in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan under the National Vote…