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Remmers v. Yoshina

1:02-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: July 22, 2002

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2004

On July 22, 2002, a former pretrial detainee at Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) who was denied his constitutional right to vote in the November 2000 election filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The Clearinghouse was unable to access documents from the court, but was able to gather the following information based on an August 15, 2005 notice published in Prison Legal News and a 2004 ACLU of Hawaii Litigation report. The plaintiff sued the state chi…
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ACORN v. Edgar

1:95-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 1995

Closed Date: 1995

On January 11, 1995, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Equip for Equality, and several individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking the court to compel the defendants to enforce the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg, et seq., usually known as the Motor Voter law. The defendants counterargued that the law in question was unconsti…
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U.S.A. v. Bd of Elec. Commn. for St. Louis City

4:02-cv-01235 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On August 14, 2002, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of the State of Missouri alleging that the requirements with respect to voter registration enacted by the Board during the November 7, 2000 National Election violated the Voting Rights Act. The suit was based on the claims that the Board of Elections unjustly placed thousands of active voters on inactive status and thu…
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Libertarian Party v. Hazeltine

3:00-cv-03021 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: May 4, 2000

Closed Date: 2000

On May 4, 2000, the Libertarian Party of South Dakota and several concerned citizens filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. The plaintiffs sued South Dakota, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, they asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the State misinterpreted state election law when it denied Libertarian Party candidate Brian Lerohl’s request to be added to the primary election ballot. Specificall…
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Mays v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00341 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

On March 26, 2020, the Christian Ministerial Alliance and two voters filed a suit against the Governor and Secretary of State of Arkansas against the Election Day receipt deadline. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the plaintiffs sought declaratory action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02 and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 52 U.S.C. § 10301 enjoining the Election Day Receipt deadline. The plaintiffs alleged that the deadline posed significant risks fo…
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Libertarian Party of North Dakota v. Jaeger

3:10-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: July 16, 2010

On July 16, 2010, the Libertarian Party of North Dakota and three LPND candidates filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota against the state of North Dakota, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought a declaratory judgment, alleging that their exclusion from the general ballot after failing to gain a state-imposed threshold number of votes in the primary election violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. On September 3, 2010, the District Court (J…
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Project Vote/Voting for America v. Long

2:10-cv-00075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2010

On February 16, 2010, Project Vote, a nonprofit organization working to mobilize underrepresented voters, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Eastern Virginia against the state of Virginia. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the state's refusal to turn over certain voting records violated the rights granted to them under the National Voter Registration Act.At the district level, arguments focused on whether Project Vote had appropriate…
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Brown v. Snyder

11-685-CZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: June 22, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On June 22, 2011, 34 named plaintiffs, all residents of the State of Michigan, filed suit in Ingham County Circuit Court against Governor Rick Synder and Andrew Dillon in his capacity as Treasurer of the State of Michigan. The complaint alleges that the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, which allows for the appointment of emergency city and school board managers, violates the plaintiffs’ right to an elected republican form of government under the Constitution of th…
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United Spinal Association v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

1:10-cv-05653 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 26, 2010

Closed Date: Jan. 10, 2020

On July 26, 2010, the United Spinal Association and Disabled in Action represented by Disabled Rights Advocates filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Board of Elections in the City of New York under the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.) and the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794). They sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants knowingly failed to fix deficiencies in accessibility at pollin…
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Applewhite v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

330 M.D. 2012 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2012

Closed Date: 2014

In March 2012, the Pennsylvania legislature passed Act 18, also known as the Pennsylvania Voter ID Law. The law required presentation of a photo identification card for most registered voters to cast a ballot. It also stated that the primary form of identification required was a Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver's license or the non-driver equivalent. It provided that these identification cards would be provided "at no cost" if the applicant declared under oath that he or she lack…