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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hayden v. Pataki

1:00-cv-08586 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2000

Closed Date: 2006

On November 9, 2000, Plaintiffs filed this class action against the State of New York and its State Board of Elections in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs, Black and Latino individuals who had been convicted of felonies under the laws of the state of New York and were incarcerated in the New York prison system or on parole, claimed that pursuant to New York Election Law § 5-106(2), they were not permitted to vote in state or federal elections, i…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Weinschenk v. State of Missouri

06AC-CC00587 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: 2006

In this taxpayer suit in state court, plaintiffs argued that Missouri's Constitutional right to vote was violated by a state statute (Senate Bill 1014, amending Mo. Rev. Stat. 115.427), requiring would-be voters to present a Missouri or federal issued photo id at the polls (passport, military identification, state-issued driver's license, or special non-driver's licence state-issued id). Plaintiffs alleged that the law impacted the fundamental right to vote and equal protection provisions of t…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Prye v. Blunt

2:04-cv-04248 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

During 2003, a law professor residing in Illinois developed a mental illness. Due to this illness, a state court appointed the Office of State Guardian as guardian of his person and, in 2004, of his estate. He moved to Missouri, where a petition was soon filed to appoint a guardian for him. The guardianship in Illinois did not affect his eligibility to vote while residing there, but the guardianship adjudication had a different, prohibitive impact on his voting rights in Missouri. Thus, in …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Muntaqim v. Coombe

9:94-cv-01237 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 1994

Closed Date: May 4, 2006

This action is one of two cases filed in federal court that challenged a New York State law that prohibited people from voting because they were incarcerated or on parole for a felony conviction. The other case, [Hayden v. Pataki], was filed in the Southern District of New York in September 2000, while this case was filed in the Northern District of New York in September 1994.Here, the District Court (Judge Norman A. Mordue) granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment by an order dated …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Coronado v. Brewer

2:07-cv-01089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 1, 2007

Closed Date: 2008

On June 01, 2007, Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the State of Arizona in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The Arizona Constitution provides that "[n]o person . . . convicted of treason or felony [shall] be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights." Ariz. Const. art. VII, § 2; see also A.R.S. § 14-904 ("A conviction for a felony suspends the following civil rights of the person sentences: 1. The right to vote."). A felony is "an offense for whi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Johnson v. Bredesen

3:08-cv-00187 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2008

Closed Date: 2008

On February 25, 2008, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division. Plaintiffs are all Tennessee residents and convicted felons. Plaintiffs sought to invalidate those portions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-202 that condition the restoration of voting rights for people previously convicted of "infamous crimes" upon their payment of certain legal financial obligations, namely restitution and child support. Plaintiffs …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Young v. Hosemann

3:08-cv-00567 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2008

Closed Date: 2009

On September 12, 2008, two convicted felons filed a civil rights action under federal and state laws in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division. Plaintiffs named the Secretary of the State of Mississippi, and various county election officials as Defendants. Plaintiffs allege that §241 of the Mississippi Constitution explicitly allows for individuals who have been convicted of a crime to vote for the U.S. President and Vice President. Plaintiffs assert …