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Davis v. Benson

1:20-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, political activist Robert Davis sued Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims on May 28, 2020. He alleged that her decision to send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters in Michigan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was unlawful and sought an injunction against future application mailings. The judge denied a preliminary injunction motion on June 18, 2021 and granted Secretary Benson's summary dispensation motio…
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Swenson v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, private plaintiffs and nonprofit organizations sued on May 19, 2020 to require election officials in Wisconsin to expand access to absentee voting for the November general election in response to the pandemic.  The judge granted a preliminary injunction motion on September 21, 2021, but stayed the injunction pending appeal. Those appeals resulted in the Seventh Circuit vacating the stay on October 8, relying on Purcell v. Gonzalez to hold that, in order to preven…
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Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Walz

0:20-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

This is a case about an executive order mask mandate by the governor of Minnesota allegedly conflicting with state law prohibiting wearing a mask in public. On August 8, 2020, the Minnesota Voters Alliance and five members of the organization filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Minnesota, the Secretary of State of Minnesota, the Hennepin County Auditor, the Ramsey County Auditor, the Attorney General of Minnes…
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Corona v. Cegavske

20-OC-00064-1B | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

This is a case about voting by mail in Nevada. On April 16, 2020, a group of plaintiffs consisting of four registered Nevada voters and the Nevada State Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, DCCC (national congressional committee of the Democratic Party), and Priorities USA (a voter-rights advocacy nonprofit) filed this lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada (state trial court). The plaintiffs sued the state of Nevada, plus Clark County, Washoe County, and Elko County…
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The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01986 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 summary: On May 8, 2020, two voters and a non-profit organization sued the Georgia Secretary of State, the Georgia State Election Board, and the Board of Registration and Elections of various counties to enjoin various absentee voting laws during COVID-19. The plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief. They also submitted a …
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Frederick v. Lawson

1:19-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 16, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2020

This is a case about the disenfranchisement of Indiana absentee voters due to unconstitutional signature verification procedures. On May 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, five Indiana voters and Common Cause Indiana sued the Indiana Secretary of State, a county election board (representing a putative class of all 92 Indiana county election boards), and three members of that board. Per Indiana statute, the state's absentee voting procedure required a sign…
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Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Nevada's signature-gathering requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of 2019, a political action committee called Fair Maps Nevada filed a ballot initiative that would amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for the establishment of an independent redistricting commission. After social distancing measures were implemented at the beginning of the pandemic, the organization discovered that it would be unable to …
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Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-01445 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2020

This is a 2020 case about voting by mail during pandemics and other disasters in Nevada. Nevada passed Assembly Bill 4 (AB4) on August 2, 2020. AB4 allowed areas impacted by a pandemic or other disaster to expand their use of mail-in and absentee voting, effective in time for the November 2020 election. AB4 Sections 11 and 12 also authorized particular numbers of polling places depending on county populations. On August 4, 2020, plaintiffs Donald J. Trump for President, the Republican National …
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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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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…