2020 Election Litigation Tracker
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Election Cases We’re Watching
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
Whether a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court requiring the state to count mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day, as long as they are not clearly postmarked after Election Day, violates federal election law and the Constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Benson
Whether Michigan's constitution and election laws require that absentee ballots be counted in the presence of an "elections inspector" from each political party; and if so, whether the state should stop counting ballots until that requirement is met or separate ballots counted without representatives of both parties present.Michigan Court of Claims
Hotze v. Hollins
Whether nearly 127,000 votes cast via drive-through voting during the early voting period in Harris County, Texas, which contains much of the city of Houston, violate state election laws and should be invalidated.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Carson v. Simon
(1) Whether a measure by Minnesota elections officials extending the deadline for timely postmarked absentee ballots to be received and still counted until one week after Election Day violates the U.S. Constitution; and (2) whether the challengers, two nominees to serve as Republican Party presidential electors in Minnesota, have legal standing to challenge the measure.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Whether Texas' limitation of one absentee ballot drop-off site per county violates the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans v. Benson
Whether a policy by the secretary of state of Michigan extending the deadline to receive absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day until 14 days after Election Day violates federal law and the U.S Constitution.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar
Whether a number of Pennsylvania elections accommodations in light of the coronavirus pandemic – providing additional drop-off sites and alleviating signature-matching requirements for absentee ballots, as well as lifting a restriction on employing out-of-county poll workers – violate state election law and the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs
Whether previous stay-at-home orders and other closures due to the coronavirus pandemic justify an extension of Arizona's voter registration deadline past the original date of Oct. 5, 2020.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Arizona Democratic Party v. Hobbs
Whether recent changes to Arizona's election procedures – which provide both absentee voters whose signatures on their mail-in ballots cannot be verified, and in-person voters who cannot provide proper identification at the polls, up to five days after Election Day to remedy their ballot identification issues – must also be extended to absentee voters who submit unsigned ballots.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger
Whether Georgia's requirement that absentee ballots be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day poses an unconstitutional infringement on the right to vote in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Hargett
Whether Tennessee may enforce a number of vote-by-mail regulations for the November 2020 election, including preventing first-time voters from applying for an absentee ballot, barring third-party distribution of absentee ballot applications, and a process for verifying signatures on mail-in ballots.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit