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Bally v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-01088 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

This case challenged the certification of Michigan’s presidential electors for the 2020 election, citing various reports of irregularities and fraud in Ingham, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties, all of which voted overwhelming for Joe Biden. On November 11, 2020, three Michigan voters filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. They sued the Governor of Michigan, the Michigan Board of Canvassers, the Ingham County Board of Canvassers, the Washtenaw County Boa…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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Paher v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 31, 2020

This case challenged the Nevada Secretary of State's and County Administrators' plan to conduct an all-mail election for the 2020 primary election in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Three individual residents of Nevada filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on April 21, 2020.  Plaintiffs sued Nevada's Secretary of State and Washoe County's Registrar of Voters under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constituti…
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Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

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Nelson v. Warner

3:19-00898 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

This case is about a West Virginia statute, West Virginia Code § 3-6-2(c)(3), that requires ballots for all statewide partisan offices to list first the party whose presidential candidate received the most votes in the last presidential election. On December 17, 2019, registered voters affiliated with the Democratic Party, the West Virginia Democratic Party, and the West Virginia Democratic House Legislative Committee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of We…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Eggers v. Evnen

4:22-cv-03089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 16, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

This case is about Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (“NMM”), an incorporated nonprofit entity and a ballot campaign committee, and a paid contractor, volunteer, and sponsor of NMM, seeking to enjoin Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing the unconstitutional multicounty signature distribution requirement of Article III, Section 2 of the Nebraska Constitution. On May 16, 2022, the plaintiffs commenced this civil rights action in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska u…
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Jabbour v. Merrill

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2020

On January 21, 2020, one individual plaintiff and National Defense Committee (“NDC”) filed a suit against the Alabama Secretary of State and the Mobile County Board of Registrars, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to redress defendants’ alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment due to defendants’ use of ranked choice ballots. This action challenged Alabama’s Instant Runoff Primary Election scheme, or the Ranked Choice Voting scheme (“RCV Scheme”) for voters …
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Miller v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2019

Closed Date: July 10, 2020

This case is about a Texas statute, Tex. Elec. Code § 12.082(a), that requires candidates of the same political party of the last elected Governor to appear first on general election ballots for every partisan race. On November 1, 2019, a registered Texas voter, the Texas Democratic Party, and three national Democratic committees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because extensive acade…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Kurzon v. Democratic National Committee

1:16-cv-04114 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 2, 2016

Closed Date: July 18, 2016

This case concerns the constitutionality of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) use of unpledged delegates, or “superdelegates,” during the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process. On June 2, 2016, an individual plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the DNC and the New York State Democratic Committee in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff argued that the superdelegate system violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by diluting the …
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Berry III v. Kander

4:16-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 13, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2016

This case involved allegations that Missouri Congressional District Map violates Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the Missouri constitution, and the Voting Rights Act and by utilizing race a factor in the construction of Missouri congressional boundaries.  An African American, also a Republican congressional candidate for Missouri Congressional District One seat (the "Plaintiff"), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on April 13, 2016. Defe…
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Voting Rights Defense Project v. Padilla

3:16-cv-02739 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 20, 2016

Closed Date: April 13, 2017

On 20 May 2016, the Voting Rights Defense Project, the American Independent Party and two individuals in their capacity as eligible California voters brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against: the Secretary of State of California, the chief of Alameda County Registrar of Voters and the Director of the San Francisco Board of Elections, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to protect the voting rights of no-party-preference (“NPP”) voters in…