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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Wilder

62-cv-08695 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 1962

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 1963

This is a case about a county in Louisiana depriving citizens of the United States of the right to vote based on race or color. On February 21, 1962, the Attorney General of the United States filed suit in the Western District of Louisiana against the Registrar of Voters of Jackson Parish, the State of Louisiana, and the Citizens’ Council of Jackson Parish (as an organization and six members in their individual capacity), represented by the Attorney General of Louisiana. The U.S. Attorney Gener…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reeves v. Nago

1:20-cv-00433 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 2022

This case is about the constitutionality of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”), codified at 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 to 20311, Hawaii’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (“UMOVA”), codified at Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) §§ 15D-1 to -18, and Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) § 3-177-600. Taken together, these provisions allow U.S. Citizens who are former Hawaii residents to vote absentee in Hawaii’s federal elections if they reside in a foreign country, th…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

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Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee

2:81-cv-03876 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 1981

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2019

On October 28, 2004, the Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) filed this complaint to reopen this case and seek preliminary and permanent injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendant Republican National Committee (“RNC”).  Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey previously entered two Consent Decrees and an Order to restrain the ballot security and ballot integrity activities of the RNC after the committee sent out mass mailing…
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United States v. Winnice J.P. Clement

63-09334 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1963

Closed Date: July 14, 1964

This case is about whether state officials deprived citizens of the right to register to vote in Webster Parish, Louisiana, without distinction of race or color. On February 18, 2023, the U.S. Attorney General filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division. Plaintiff sued the Registrar of Voters of Webster Parish, Louisiana and the State of Louisiana under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, as amended and sought injunctions against D…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Louisiana

63-02548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 1961

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 1972

This case is about the Louisiana Board of Registration enabling Parish Registrars to use interpretation tests, which deprived African American citizens in Louisiana of their right to vote. On December 28, 1961, the U.S. Attorney General filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the State of Louisiana, the Board of Registration of the State of Louisiana (both as an organization and three members in their individual capacities), and Hugh E. Cutrer, Jr., t…

Affirmed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
U.S. v. Texas

65-cv-01570 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: 1965

Closed Date: May 2, 1966

This is a case about a Texas policy that provided  that, in order to vote in Texas, a person must pay the State's poll tax. In 1966, the Attorney General, on behalf of the United States, filed this lawsuit against the State of Texas; the Presiding Judge for Precinct Number 239 of Travis County, Texas; the Associate Judge for Precinct Number 239 of Travis County, Texas; the mayor of Austin, Texas; the Travis County Democratic Executive Committee; the Travis County Republican Executive Committee;…
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Smith v. The State of Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

1:15-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2015

Closed Date: April 26, 2018

On December 11, 2015, a pro se individual filed suit against the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that it discriminated against him due to his race and denied restoration of his voting rights. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Alabama and assigned to Judge William H. Steele. The pro se plaintiff originally sued the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment. The plaintiff sought to have his vo…
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The Democratic Party of Georgia v. Crittenden

1:18-cv-05181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2019

On November 11, 2018, The Democratic Party of Georgia, Inc., and AFG Group Inc., a nonprofit doing business as Stacey Abrams for Governor, filed a class action complaint against (1) the Secretary of State for Georgia, (2) members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections, (3) members of the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, and (4) a class of defendants comprised of superintendents and boards of elections for each of the 159 counties in Georgia.  The complaint …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
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Kowalski v. Cook County Officers' Electoral Board, et al.

1:16-cv-01891 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2016

This case involved allegations that procedures undertaken by the local statutory entity in relation to the plaintiff's nomination application and objections levied against the validity of such application violated the plaintiff's substantive and procedural due-process rights.  In pursuit of her candidacy in the March 15, 2016 election to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Cook County, Illinois, the plaintiff ("candidate plaintiff") filed a Petition for Nomination containing 13,430 signatures …