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Cepeda v. State of Florida

1:17-cv-11835 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2017

Closed Date: May 24, 2018

On June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Shelby County v. Holder. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires certain covered jurisdictions to obtain approval from federal authorities in Washington, D.C. before changing voting procedures. Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act defined these covered jurisdictions as ones that had a voting device or test in the 1960s or early 1970s and had lower voter turnout or registration in the 19…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Birke v. The 538 Individual Members of the Electoral College

2:16-cv-08432 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2016

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2017

On November 14, 2016, Plaintiff, an individual voter, filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the Central District of California. Plaintiff alleged that due to the wide margin between popular votes received by Hillary Clinton and by President-Elect Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential election, the value of each Clinton vote counted as approximately 0.99 of each Trump vote. Plaintiff stated that under the Fifth Amendment, citizens have a fundamental right to have their v…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed

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Kellen v. Galvin

1:20-cv-10358 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2020

Closed Date: April 22, 2020

On February 21, 2020, one individual plaintiff filed a pro se lawsuit against the Massachusetts Secretary of State, seeking injunctive relief. The plaintiff claimed that the early voting process did not guarantee ballot secrecy because the tally clerk allegedly opened the plaintiff’s sealed cover envelope that contained the plaintiff’s ballot and voter ID information. The plaintiff further claimed that early voters could be intimidated and elect not to vote if there was no guarantee of a secret…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee

2:81-cv-03876 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 1981

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2019

On October 28, 2004, the Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) filed this complaint to reopen this case and seek preliminary and permanent injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendant Republican National Committee (“RNC”).  Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey previously entered two Consent Decrees and an Order to restrain the ballot security and ballot integrity activities of the RNC after the committee sent out mass mailing…
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Smith v. Husted

2:16-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 8, 2016

Closed Date: April 29, 2016

March 8, 2016, 17 year old minors, their parents, and Bernie Inc. (collectively "the plaintiffs") sued the Ohio Secretary of State on the grounds that certain minors aged 17 were not permitted to vote in a primary, as they were aged 17 on primary election day, despite turning 18 before the general election day. The Ohio Revised Code provides pursuant to the Threshold Voter Law that a 17-year-old who will be 18 by the time of the next general election may vote in a ‘primary election’. The Thresh…
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Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
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Kurzon v. Democratic National Committee

1:16-cv-04114 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 2, 2016

Closed Date: July 18, 2016

This case concerns the constitutionality of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) use of unpledged delegates, or “superdelegates,” during the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process. On June 2, 2016, an individual plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the DNC and the New York State Democratic Committee in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff argued that the superdelegate system violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by diluting the …
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Duncan v. Louisiana State

2:15-cv-05486 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2015

Closed Date: May 26, 2016

This was a case about alleged denial of the right to vote. On October 27, 2015, an individual sued the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Secretary of State Office, Louisiana Secretary of State, Tangipahoa Parish Council, Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Office, Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters Office, and Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The individual asserted claims under 18 U.S.C. § 96, 42 U.S.C. § 207(a), 42 U.S.C. …
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New Jersey Democratic State Committee v. New Jersey Oathkeepers

2:16-cv-08230 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2016

On November 4, 2016, five days prior to the beginning of in-person election day voting in the 2016 presidential election, the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, through its private counsel, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the New Jersey Oath Keepers (the "Oath Keepers"), an unincorporated New Jersey association, alleging that the Oath Keepers intended to intimate voters, including minority voters, at polling places. The plaintiff so…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

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Amsterdam v. Na’i Aupuni Foundation

1:15-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2016

This case relates to election administration. Prior to the suit, an individual ran to be a delegate candidate for a private constitutional convention for Native Hawaiians that was run by the Na’i Aupuni Foundation. The Na’i Aupuni Foundation denied his candidacy because the candidate had filed his registration late.  The plaintiff filed suit on October 27, 2015 in the U.S. District Court in Hawaii, presided over by District Judge John Michael Seabright and subsequently assigned to District Judg…