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Hawkins v. Ziriax

5:20-cv-00687 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

This is a case about the special requirements Oklahoma placed on presidential candidates who wanted to be added to the ballot as representatives of a non-mainstream political party. Seven Oklahoma voters and the Green Party's 2020 U.S. presidential candidate filed this lawsuit against the Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on July 15, 2020. Oklahoma officially recognized three political parties: Democrat, Republican, an…
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Sinner v. Jaeger

3:20-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 24, 2020

This is a case about whether the U.S. Constitution was violated by the combined pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and North Dakota's in-person signature gathering requirements for ballot initiative petitions. On May 6, 2020, the North Dakota Secretary of State was sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota by four individual voters and North Dakota Voters First (NDVF), the sponsoring committee for a proposed state constitutional amendment related to election procedures an…
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Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00909 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 2, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

This is a case about how Connecticut's restrictions on eligibility for mail-in ballot voting during the COVID-19 pandemic threatened voters' constitutional and statutory rights. On July 2, 2020, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut by the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches, the League of Women Voters of Connecticut ("the League"), and an individual member of the League whose age made her susceptible to serious complications of COVID-19. Th…
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Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson

1:20-cv-01825 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

This is a case challenging two amendments to the Indiana election code as unconstitutionally burdening the right to vote. The "standing amendment" deprived voters of standing to petition state courts for extending voting hours at eligible polling places. The "remedies amendment" placed restrictions on state courts' ability to extend hours at polling places facing conditions which burdened the right to vote. Together, the challenged amendments were alleged to burden the fundamental right to vote…
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Yang v. Kellner

1:20-cv-03325 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 5, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 27, 2020, the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) by unanimous vote and in spite of executive orders from the New York governor, adopted a resolution to cancel the New York presidential primary election that was slated for June 23, 2020, while still allowing down-ballot federal congressional and state elections to continue. BOE's rationale was that this was in line with larger goals of avoiding unnecessary social contact, and that there was no…
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Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar

407-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state appellate court

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

This case is about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mail-in voting. On July 10, 2020, the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania and several Democratic politicians in the state filed this lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a state appeals court that had original jurisdiction in this case because the matter was about elections. The plaintiffs, represented by a private law firm, sued Pennsylvania under the state Declaratory Judgment Act, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in sup…
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People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
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Ivey v. Lamone

1:20-cv-01995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: July 20, 2020

During the November 2020 election, an individual (the plaintiff in this case) wanted to become an independent candidate for Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District on the November 2020 general election ballot. However, COVID-19 restrictions and communication issues from the Maryland Board of Elections provided some obstacles to her goal.  To become a candidate, the plaintiff needed to get signatures from 1% of the total number of registered and eligible voters (voters that can vote for the po…
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Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 29, 2020, the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, the Republican National Committee, four Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and two residents of Pennsylvania filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These plaintiffs, represented by a private law firm, sued Pennsylvania and its county boards of elections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging th…
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Duncan v. LaRose

2:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access laws. The plaintiff, an individual Ohio voter and repeated independent presidential candidate, filed this complaint pro se on May 6, 2020, against the Governor of Ohio, the Secretary of State of Ohio, and the Ohio General Assembly in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that the state’s 5000 signature requirement and deadline of August 5 to appear on the Nove…