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Bedford County, Virginia v. Holder

1:11-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 30, 2021

The County of Bedford, Virginia is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act, including the "preclearance" provisions of Section 5, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.  This was based on a coverage determination made under Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act.  Under Section 5, the County, and all of its political subdivisions, including the Bedford County School Board, are required to obtain preclearance from either the United States Dis…
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League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

3:21-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2021

This summary is temporary while we research the case. The American Redistricting Project (ARP) summarizes this case as follows (https://thearp.org/litigation/lulac-v-abbott/):  On October 18, 2021, a coalition of Latino civil and voting rights organizations and Latino Texans filed a federal lawsuit against Texas's Governor and Deputy Secretary of State challenging the state's enacted state House, state Senate, State Board of Education, and congressional redistricting plans as violating the U.S.…

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City of Bedford v. Holder

1:11-cv-00473 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 4, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2021

The City of Bedford, Virginia is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act, including Section 5, 42 U.S.C.  § 1973c.  The was based on a coverage determination made pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act.  Under Section 5, the City is required to obtain preclearance from either the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Attorney General of the United States for any change in voting qual…
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Hoge v. Padilla

2:19-cv-01985 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2020

This is a case alleging violations of the National Voter Registration Act by California's failure to determine the citizenship of voter applicants. On October 1, 2019, three California voters, represented by private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California against the California Secretary of State and the Director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  Plaintiffs alleged that the California Secretary of State and Cali…
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Blakely v. City of Laurel Clerk Office

2:13-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: April 8, 2013

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2013

The plaintiff in this case is Harold J. Blakely, and the defendants include the City of Laurel, Terri M. Smith (Deputy Clerk/Registrar), Jacqueline "Chip" Evans (Chairman of the Laurel Municipal Democratic Executive Committee), Jacqueline Darby, Belinda Lassiter, Barbara Brumfield-Pruitt, Charlotte Gibbs-Williams, and Deidra J. Bassi (Defendant's Attorney from Hortman, Harlow, Robinson & McDaniel, PLLC). Harold J. Blakely sought judicial review and an injunction to have his name placed on the b…
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Brown v. Schedler

2:17-cv-09627 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2017

Closed Date: May 3, 2018

This is a case alleging election mismanagement after two candidates were disqualified from a New Orleans election on the grounds that the falsified their personal tax history.  On September 26, 2017, two Louisiana citizens who had sought candidacies in New Orleans local filed a Complaint (pro se) against the Secretary of State of Louisiana, the Attorney General of Louisiana (together, the “State Official Defendants”), several Louisiana state court judges (altogether the “Judge Defendants” and c…
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White-Battle v. Moss

2:05-cv-00761 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2005

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2006

This lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia on December 29, 2005, by a candidate who had lost her election for Norfolk City Treasurer. She filed suit against the members of the Norfolk Electoral Board. She claimed that her vote had not been counted, the voting machines rigged the results in favor of white candidates, and the voting machines incorrectly counted African-American votes in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The case was assigned to Judge Henry C. Morgan.  On Februar…
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Grant v. Gonzales County, Texas

5:06-cv-01099 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2006

Closed Date: Feb. 15, 2007

This is a case about a challenge to Gonzales County, Texas's change of locations of an election polling place without administrative or judicial preclearance. On December 14, 2006, three African American registered voters in Gonzales County filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas San Antonio Division. The plaintiffs sued Gonzales County, Texas under the Voting Rights Act. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that El…
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Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7 v. Holder

1:11-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 2, 2011

Closed Date: June 1, 2021

This is a case about a County seeking to remove itself from the preclearance procedures under the Voting Rights Act. Jefferson County Drainage District Number 7 is a political subdivision of the State of Texas subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act, including Section 5, 42 U.S.C.  § 1973c.  This was based on a coverage determination made pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act.  Under Section 5, the District is required to obtain preclearance from either the United…
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Petteway v. Galveston County, Texas

3:11-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2015

This case is about redistricting plans for certain local election districts in Galveston County, Texas, following the 2010 Census and whether those plans violated the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. Seven Galveston County, Texas, elected officials (six of whom were minorities and one of whom was not) and one minority Galveston County resident filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division, on November 14, 2011.  Defendants were…