No. 20-809
Kelli Ward v. Constance Jackson, et al.
Tags: ballot-inspection civil-rights due-process election electoral-college electoral-count-act fourteenth-amendment presidential-electors standing state-courts voting-rights
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Does the Electoral Count Act (inclusive of 3 U.S.C. § 5, the "safe harbor" statute) impose unconstitutional deadlines on state courts' final determination of disputes over presidential electors?
II. Was Petitioner denied due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, where because of the "deadlines" found in the Electoral Count Act (inclusive of 3 U.S.C. §§ 5, 7), the trial court allowed only two days to discover and inspect the ballots in a presidential-electors race in which over three million votes were cast?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Electoral Count Act impose unconstitutional deadlines on state courts' final determination of disputes over presidential electors?
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-11
Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED.
2020-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)
2020-12-11
Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner.
Attorneys
Kelli Ward
John Douglas Wilenchik — Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C., Petitioner