| 25-967 |
Pennsylvania v. Bette Eakin, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-17 |
Pending |
|
anderson-burdick-test election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment mail-in-ballots voting-rights |
Does Pennsylvania's requirement that mail-in voters provide a handwritten date when signing a preprinted declaration on a ballot return envelope viola… |
| 25-916 |
OCA - Greater Houston v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
disability-assistance election-law mail-voting statutory-interpretation voter-support voting-rights |
Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act provides that "[a]ny voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to re… |
| 25A873 |
Patricia Tillman v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Application |
|
ballot-access candidate-exclusion election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment irreparable-harm |
Question not identified. |
| 25-904 |
La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-02 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
disability-rights election-law mail-ballot preemption voter-assistance voting-rights |
Whether Section 208 preempts a state law that prohibits eligible voters from compensating their chosen assisters or from choosing trusted assisters wh… |
| 25A839 |
David Tangipa, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
California |
2026-01-22 |
Application |
Amici (5) |
election-law fifteenth-amendment minority-representation racial-gerrymandering redistricting voting-rights-act |
Question not identified. |
| 25-836 |
Rockland County, New York, et al. v. New York, et al. |
New York |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
county-administration due-process election-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment voting-rights |
This petition presents federal constitutional questions concerning Equal Protection and voting-rights limits on a state's authority to selectively res… |
| 25A674 |
Arizona, et al. v. Mi Familia Vota, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-09 |
Application |
|
ballot-collection election-law election-procedures ninth-circuit voter-registration voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25A658 |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bette Eakin, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Application |
|
anderson-burdick election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment mail-in-voting voter-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25A605 |
OCA - Greater Houston, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-21 |
Application |
|
certiorari election-law fifth-circuit injunction senate-bill-1 voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25A608 |
Greg Abbott, et al. v. League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. |
Texas |
2025-11-21 |
Application |
Amici (7) |
election-law election-process jurisdictional-statement lower-court-ruling probable-jurisdiction purcell-principle |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5872 |
Ramon Jackson v. Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights election-law national-voter-registration-act secretary-of-state voter-registration voting-rights |
1. Did the Michigan Secretary of State violate the Plaintiff Constitutional or Statutory voting rights by registering the Plaintiff to vote without th… |
| 25-5612 |
Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law procedural-fairness |
1. Did the Eleventh Circuit violate Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 41(b) by issuing a mandate while rehearing en banc was pending, and whether re… |
| 25-275 |
Clifford James Frost, Jr. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bad-faith-prosecution constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution election-law pre-emption younger-abstention |
Does the "bad faith" exception to Younger preemption require the plaintiff to show that he or she has been subject to multiple criminal prosecutions a… |
| 25-147 |
Michael J. Polelle v. Cord Byrd, Florida Secretary of State, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
closed-primary election-law equal-protection first-amendment political-association voting-rights |
1. Does the Petitioner have standing to sue the Florida Secretary of State in his official capacity as chief election officer of the state for any vio… |
| 25A69 |
Nicholas Lupo, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access election-law electoral-college first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-eligibility |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1277 |
Pamela L. Bickford v. Alaska, et al. |
Alaska |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedures constitutional-interpretation election-law hava-compliance state-legislature voting-rights |
Whether the failure of the Alaska Legislature to establish "state-based administrative procedures" is a violation of the Constitution of the United St… |
| 24-965 |
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Shirley Weber, California Secretary of State |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split election-law first-amendment free-speech misinformation retaliation |
Did the Ninth Circuit undermine free speech protections when it found that a retaliatory action is independent from an action that could chill a perso… |
| 24-6604 |
Siddhanth Sharma v. Alan Hirsch, Chairman of North Carolina State Board of Elections, in His Official Capacity, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access candidate-qualifications election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment voter-privacy |
Is Petitioner's case moot simply because the 2024 midterms are over and he has expressed a desire to run for the 2026 midterms as the 4th Circuit note… |
| 24-862 |
Michelle MacDonald v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State |
Minnesota |
2025-02-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-access constitutional-challenge election-law judicial-candidates legal-qualification state-licensing |
Is an election law, requiring proof that judicial candidates have state law licenses in order to qualify as "learned in the law", pursuant to the Minn… |
| 24-854 |
Mark Miller, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-burdick-test ballot-access election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-party-rights |
It is undisputed that a state may not condition participation in its elections on the payment of a fee. In this case, the uncontroverted evidence esta… |
| 24-684 |
Carlanda D. Meadors, et al. v. Erie County Board of Elections, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-12-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) |
civil-procedure constitutional-law doctrine-of-capable-of-repetition election-law judicial-review mootness |
Whether the "capable of repetition, yet evading review" doctrine requires plaintiffs in election law cases to predict and articulate specific plans fo… |
| 24A576 |
Indiana Green Party, et al. v. Diego Morales, Indiana Secretary of State |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties signature-requirements |
Question not identified. |
| 24-646 |
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Caroline Cartwright, et al. |
New York |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
|
ballot-access constitutional-interpretation election-law qualifications-clause residential-address twelfth-amendment |
1. Does N.Y. ELEC. LAW §§ 6-140(1)(a), 1-104(22), acting in tandem, and as applied to presidential and vice-presidential candidates, violate the Quali… |
| 24A525 |
Mark Miller, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access constitutional-burden election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties |
Question not identified. |
| 24-568 |
Michael J. Bost, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-11-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (29)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
article-iii-standing election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-preemption state-regulations |
The sole question presented here is whether
Petitioners, as federal candidates, have pleaded
sufficient factual allegations to show Article III
standi… |
| 24A492 |
Oscar Stilley v. John Thurston, Arkansas Secretary of State, et al. |
Arkansas |
2024-11-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
abortion-rights election-law initiative-petition signature-verification standing-doctrine state-constitutional-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 24A427 |
Cornel West v. Pennsylvania Department of State |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-action ballot-access constitutional-rights election-law third-circuit voter-registration |
Question not identified. |
| 24A407 |
Susan Beals, Commissioner, et al. v. Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (7) |
ballot-access constitutional-challenge election-law immigrant-voting voter-registration voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 24A408 |
Republican National Committee, et al. v. Faith Genser, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (5) |
ballot-access candidate-eligibility constitutional-interpretation election-law state-supreme-court voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 24A405 |
Robert Kennedy v. Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-10-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law ballot-access constitutional-rights election-law presidential-candidate state-election-procedure |
Question not identified. |
| 24A399 |
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2024-10-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access candidate-qualification election-law fourteenth-amendment insurrection-clause state-election-commission |
Question not identified. |
| 24A356 |
Carlanda D. Meadors, et al. v. Erie County Board of Elections, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capable-of-repetition certiorari circuit-split election-law judicial-review mootness |
Whether the "capable of repetition, yet evading review" standard is given a flexible interpretation in election law cases. |
| 24-363 |
Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
ballot-counting civil-rights-act election-law mail-ballot materiality-provision voter-disenfranchisement |
Millions of Americans of every political stripe vote by mail in each federal election. The Materiality Provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibit… |
| 24A285 |
Team Kennedy, et al. v. Henry Berger, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment independent-candidate presidential-qualifications |
Whether New York's requirement that independent presidential candidates establish residency in the state for at least four weeks before the election, … |
| 24-248 |
David John Thistle v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-v-amendment constitutional-rights due-process election-law federal-officers states-rights |
1. Article II of the Constitution of the United States requires the Defendant and all Federal and State Officers sworn under Oath or Affirmation to, "… |
| 24A231 |
OCA-Greater Houston, et al. v. Kim Ogg |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
election-law ex-parte-young first-amendment fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 24A227 |
Treniss J. Evans v. Supreme Court of New York, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
campaign-finance constitutional-interpretation election-law federal-preemption prosecutorial-discretion supremacy-clause |
Question not identified. |
| 24A222 |
Oscar Stilley v. John Thurston, Secretary of State of Arkansas, et al. |
Arkansas |
2024-08-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-access ballot-initiative constitutional-challenge election-law supreme-court-review voter-standing |
Question not identified. |
| 24A218 |
In Re Warren Petersen, et al. |
|
2024-08-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ballot-curing election-law equal-protection mail-in-ballot signature-verification voter-disenfranchisement |
Question not identified. |
| 24A164 |
Republican National Committee, et al. v. Mi Familia Vota, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
ballot-drop-box constitutional-challenge election-law election-procedures state-regulation voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1369 |
John Rust v. Diego Morales, Indiana Secretary of State, et al. |
Indiana |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-association primary-election primary-elections state-election-laws voter-registration voting-rights |
Whether the Affiliation Statute violates Indiana citizens' right to freely associate with the political party of their choosing pursuant to the First … |
| 23-1339 |
Frank R. DiFranco v. Patricia M. Fallon, Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. |
Illinois |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
election-contest election-law mandatory-or-directory mode-of-procedure state-court statutory-deadlines statutory-election-contest statutory-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-party vote-counting |
1. Whether a State Court has subject matter jurisdiction
in a special statutory election contest proceeding
when there is a statutorily unauthorized… |
| 23A1136 |
Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State v. Montana Democratic Party, et al. |
Montana |
2024-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
election-law elections-clause judicial-review legislative-authority state-constitution voting-rights |
What showing is required to show that a state court has so far exceeded the bounds of ordinary judicial review as to unconstitutionally intrude upon t… |
| 23-7710 |
William Anderson v. L'Oreal Snell, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ballot-access ballot-access-laws civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment signature-challenge voter-disenfranchisement voting-rights |
Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate Petitioner Constitutional Rights by affirming the Lower Courts order Removing Petitioners Name from the Apr… |
| 23-7684 |
Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensberger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment first-amendment-rights fourteenth-amendment independent-candidates rooker-feldman-doctrine signature-verification |
1. Should the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals have the same fraud-on-the-court exception to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine as the Sixth Circuit Court o… |
| 23-1248 |
Keresa Richardson v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-courts constitutional-law election-law equal-protection judicial-elections one-man-one-vote state-representation texas voting-districts |
Question 1: Does the Equal Protection Clause's one man,
one vote requirement apply to the election
of Texas appellate court justices so as to
requi… |
| 23-1237 |
County of Fulton, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2024-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority county-boards-of-elections due-process election-integrity election-law elections judicial-sanctions pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-equipment voting-machines |
1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a Special Master to order that voting machines owned by the County of Fulton were to be placed i… |
| 23-1172 |
Kristen Lovell, et al. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. |
Georgia |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
constitutional-rights critical-infrastructure election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment georgia-constitution ninth-amendment official-immunity official-misconduct sovereign-immunity voting-rights |
The case before this Honorable Court concerns the misapplication of the grant of sovereign immunity for elections officials in Georgia that have faile… |
| 23-1162 |
Dawn Keefer, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
Amici (11)Response Waived |
civil-rights coleman-precedent due-process election-law elections judicial-review legislative-process legislative-standing separation-of-powers standing vote-nullification |
In Pennsylvania, 27 state legislators, attempting to guard their duty to determine the manner of federal elections, have been denied standing due to t… |
| 23-7015 |
Colby Jerome Hale-El v. Gene R. Claps, Sheriff, Adams County, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment ballot-disqualification candidate-eligibility civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process election-law federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus notice-of-removal standing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-998 |
Melanie Jerusalem v. Louisiana Department of State, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process election-law electronic-voting federal-elections standing voting-rights |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in ruling a registered Louisiana voter for a federal election sustained insufficient injury in fact under Article III of the… |
| 23-6816 |
Wayne Resper v. YesCare Corp., fka Corizon Health, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process election-law election-procedures federal-court removal standing state-court voting-rights |
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| 23-890 |
In Re Batia Zareh |
|
2024-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bilingual-election bilingual-requirements circuit-split compassionate-release constitutional-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law election-requirements equal-protection equal-protection
23-88" extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act language-minority mandatory-minimum-sentence national-origin sentencing-reduction voting-rights Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be 'ext |
Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements
(52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
(52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage
a… |
| 23-6691 |
Latefah Shampine v. East Cleveland Board of Education, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-initiatives civil-rights constitutional-law due-process election-law free-speech standing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-838 |
Brian D. Swanson v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17th-amendment ballot-legality civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process election-law elections equal-suffrage seventeenth-amendment standing statutory-violation |
The Seventeenth Amendment deprives the States of their equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring their consent under Article V of the Constitution, beca… |
| 23-719 |
Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-01-04 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (78) |
14th-amendment ballot-access constitutional-interpretation disqualification election-law insurrection insurrection-clause oath-of-office presidential-election presidential-eligibility state-election-law |
Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot? |
| 23-696 |
Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al. |
Colorado |
2023-12-28 |
Dismissed |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
14th-amendment disqualification-clause due-process election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection political-parties presidential-eligibility section-3 state-authority |
The Supreme Court of Colorado held that states possess authority, regardless of the lack of congressional authorization, to determine that a president… |
| 23-612 |
Joseph Daniel Cascino, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
age-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law mail-in-voting standing twenty-sixth-amendment voting-rights |
Does Texas's restriction of no-excuse mail-in voting to individuals aged "65 years or older on election day," as provided in Texas Election Code § 82.… |
| 23-6084 |
Joe Stephens v. Alaska Division of Elections |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law equal-protection federalism first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech |
Whether this Court will allow the People of the State of Alaska to determine if a certified candidate is allowed the name Joe Trump AKA Not Murkowski … |
| 23-535 |
Jillian Ostrewich v. Teneshia Hudspeth, in Her Official Capacity as Harris County Clerk, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
ballot-measure election-law first-amendment free-speech polling-place polling-place-censorship union voter-apparel |
The First Amendment requires that electioneering statutes that ban certain voter apparel in polling places contain "objective, workable standards" tha… |
| 23-527 |
Raji Rab v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. |
California |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-integrity election-law judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vote-counting |
1. Whether the lower courts failed to address the important question of law to prevent the violation of constitutional rights and the greatest miscarr… |
| 23-117 |
John Castro v. Donald J. Trump |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
candidate-eligibility civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election election-law insurrection political-competition standing vote-diminution |
Does a political candidate have constitutional standing to challenge the eligibility of another political candidate who competes for the same nominati… |
| 23-96 |
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2023-08-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority contempt-sanction county-boards-of-elections dominion-voting dominion-voting-systems election-board election-law election-procedures pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-rights |
1. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machin… |
| 22-7770 |
Victor Jordan v. Josue Pierre, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-election-workers due-process election-day-workers election-inspector election-inspectors election-law incumbent-candidate poll-site-coordinator scanner-monitors substantive-due-process |
Does NY Election Law §§ 3-226(3) and 3-404(2),(3) violate the a candidate's right to substantive due process, where the district in which the candidat… |
| 22-893 |
Libertarian Party of New York, et al. v. New York State Board of Elections, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
anderson-burdick-test ballot-access election-law equal-protection first-amendment minor-parties political-parties signature-requirements |
1. Did the courts below properly apply the Anderson-Burdick standard as a "two-tracked approach" rather than as "a sliding-scale balancing analysis" w… |
| 22-620 |
Daniel Cox v. Maryland State Board of Elections |
Maryland |
2023-01-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
election-law elections-clause mail-in-ballots maryland-general-assembly montgomery-county moore-v-harper representative-elections u.s-constitution united-states-constitution |
This case presents a question nearly identical to that of Moore v. Harper, 142 S. Ct. 2901, 213 L. Ed. 2d 1114, 90 U.S.L.W. 3403, 2022 WL 2347621 (202… |
| 22-503 |
Gregory Stenstrom, et al. v. Delaware County Board of Elections |
Pennsylvania |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process election-fraud election-law election-law-violation judicial-review poll-watcher-standing spoliation spoliation-of-evidence standing |
1. Is the spoliation of election materials and evi
dence, required to be maintained by federal and state
law, by election officials to perfect massiv… |
| 22-420 |
In Re Ohio, ex rel. Terpsehore P. Maras |
|
2022-11-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-challenge election-law election-observers equal-protection fundamental-right-to-vote independent-candidates party-representation political-parties strict-scrutiny voting-rights |
The question presented is whether Ohio law allowing for Republican and Democratic Parties' election observers in any Ohio precinct or board of electio… |
| 22-149 |
Rosalie Weisfeld, et al. v. John Scott, Texas Secretary of State, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-challenge election-law enforcement-authority ex-parte-young federal-jurisdiction federalism sovereign-immunity standing state-official |
Under Ex parte Young's exception to state sovereign immunity, a state official is suable in an action for prospective relief from enforcement of an al… |
| 22-30 |
David Ritter v. Linda Migliori, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-11 |
GVR |
Amici (9) |
civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process election election-law mail-in-voting materiality-provision mootness mootness-doctrine standing statutory-interpretation third-circuit-decision |
Should this Court vacate the Third Circuit's decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? |
| 21-1489 |
Andrew Ioannidis v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2022-05-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-remedy due-process election-law electoral-count-act first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech mootness standing state-law-preemption |
Whether there is any remedy for violation(s) of the First and Fourteenth Amendment(s) to the United States Constitution.
Whether Pennsylvania Law sup… |
| 21-7796 |
Ryan Stephen Ehrenreich v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access candidate-certification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-law elections filing-fee filing-fees free-speech notarization write-in-voting |
In 1989. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided "the fee require
ment challenged in this lawsuit unconstitutional " and "the State may … |
| 21-1122 |
Geoffrey M. Young v. Amy McGrath |
Kentucky |
2022-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-challenge civil-procedure due-process election-law mootness mootness-doctrine procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation trial-court-dismissal |
1. May any trial court in Kentucky dismiss a ballot challenge for failure to state a claim without ever having construed it in the light most favorabl… |
| 21-834 |
Libertarian Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-rights political-parties political-party |
Whether a government during the election process, without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, can threaten criminal prosecution against vot… |
| 21-6316 |
Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access candidate-selection constitutional-rights election-law election-process equal-protection freedom-of-association independent-candidates major-parties third-party |
1. Should Walker as a Governor Candidate be able to choose from any party to join him in
the nomination to be on the ballot just as the rights of Majo… |
| 21-226 |
Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. v. Don Michael Crites, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-08-16 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights election-law first-amendment political-parties public-office standing state-restriction |
Whether a state violates the First Amendment by barring members of small political parties from holding a public office. |
| 20-8012 |
Jack Vo v. California |
California |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law judicial-review public-interest standing supreme-court-discretion supreme-court-review voting-rights |
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| 20-1074 |
Sedfrey M. Linsangan v. Alice M. Taijeron, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment free-speech guam-law legal-burden political-office standing |
Is there anything else that I need to suffer or injure in order to qualify for the standing issue?
2. How could I live the quality of life that I des… |
| 20-974 |
Emil Svrcina, et al. v. Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights due-process election-contest election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment hawaii-supreme-court state-legislature vote-by-mail |
Article II of the Constitution provides that "Each State shall appoint [electors for
President and Vice President] in such Manner as the Legislature … |
| 20-897 |
Kyle Kopitke v. Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director, North Carolina State Board of Elections |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
anderson-v-celebrezze ballot-access candidate-signatures constitutional-rights election-law fourth-circuit independent-candidates march-filing-deadline north-carolina petition-requirements |
I. Whether the Fourth Circuit decision requiring all independent candidates to file their ballot access qualifying petitions by the date of North Caro… |
| 20-883 |
Donald J. Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absentee-voting election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection legislative-intent voter-fraud |
Since the 1980s, the Wisconsin Legislature has authorized absentee voting but explicitly commanded it must be "carefully regulated to prevent the pote… |
| 20-882 |
Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absentee-ballot article-ii constitutional-interpretation election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review laches legislative-intent state-courts voter-fraud wisconsin-legislature |
1. Whether it violates Article II of the Constitution, as well as the First and Fourteenth Amendments, for state courts, on review of a post-election … |
| 20-887 |
In Re L. Lin Wood, Jr. |
|
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process election-law elections equal-protection legislative-authority signature-verification standing vote-dilution voting-rights |
1. Whether the Petitioner/voter has standing to challenge state action based on the predicate act of vote dilution where the underlying wrong infringe… |
| 20-845 |
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response Waived |
article-ii constitutional-interpretation due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection legislative-authority mail-ballot presidential-election |
Article II of the Constitution provides that "Each State shall appoint [electors for President and Vice President] in such Manner as the Legislature t… |
| 20-810 |
Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Amici (11)Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law elections elections-clause first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech laches laches-doctrine standing |
1. Do the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution permit Pennsylvania to rely on the laches doctrine to bar all forms of equ… |
| 20-799 |
L. Lin Wood, Jr. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
|
due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection legislative-authority signature-verification standing state-legislature vote-dilution voting-rights |
1. Whether the Petitioner/voter has standing to challenge state action based on the predicate act of vote dilution where the underlying wrong infringe… |
| 20-574 |
Jake Corman, et al. v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (4) |
constitutional-authority election-deadlines election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause intervention judicial-interpretation legislative-power mail-in-ballots presidential-electors |
Just last year, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consistent with the authority vested in it by the United States Constitution, enacted a statute una… |
| 20-542 |
Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-10-26 |
Denied |
Amici (9)Response WaivedRelisted (4) |
constitutional-authority election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-election-day federal-election-statutes judicial-interpretation mail-in-ballots mail-in-voting pennsylvania-supreme-court preemption |
A Pennsylvania statute unambiguously provides that absentee and mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day. Brushing that requirement aside, a 4… |
| 20-463 |
Robert A. Heghmann v. Democratic National Committee, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
candidate-rights civil-rights congressional-elections congressional-primaries democratic-party election-law political-parties racial-discrimination standing voter-standing voting-rights |
Does a voter have standing to challenge racial discrimination by the Democratic Party in Congressional Primary Elections based upon the challenged dis… |
| 20-109 |
Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of Kansas v. Steven Wayne Fish, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-08-03 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
citizenship-requirement constitutional-law election-law federal-preemption national-voter-registration-act voter-registration voting-rights |
The Kansas Constitution establishes United States citizenship as a qualification to vote and directs the Legislature to provide for proof of eligibili… |
| 19-1389 |
Texas Democratic Party, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-18 |
Granted |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
age-discrimination constitutional-amendment constitutional-law due-process election-law mail-in-ballot mail-in-voting standing twenty-sixth-amendment voter-access voting-rights |
Does Texas's limitation of the right to cast a no excuse mail-in ballot to only voters who are "65 years of age or older on election day," Tex. Electi… |
| 19-1294 |
Geoffrey Young v. Amy McGrath |
Kentucky |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-access ballot-challenge civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation democratic-party due-process election-integrity election-law judicial-procedure kentucky-constitution political-parties primary-election standing |
1) Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department
unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and
Andy Beshear, who were shown by a preponderance
of the evide… |
| 19-1258 |
Arizona Republican Party, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
Judgment Issued |
|
ballot-harvesting election-law equal-opportunity precinct-voting racial-discrimination racial-minorities voter-fraud voter-participation voting-practices voting-rights voting-rights-act-section-2 |
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits voting practices that "result[] in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen ... to vote on acc… |
| 19-1257 |
Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (12) |
15th-amendment ballot-collection discriminatory-burden disparate-impact election-integrity election-law fifteenth-amendment out-of-precinct-policy precinct-voting provisional-ballots section-2 voter-suppression voting-rights voting-rights-act |
Arizona, like every other State, has adopted rules to promote the order and integrity of its elections. At issue here are two such provisions: an "out… |
| 19-1219 |
Respect Washington v. Burien Communities for Inclusion, et al. |
Washington |
2020-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot ballot-access civil-rights election-law first-amendment free-speech initiative initiative-process political-speech referendum voting voting-rights |
Whether the First Amendment protects the right of citizens to vote on an initiative that meets all time, place and manner requirements for the initiat… |
| 19-1207 |
Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals |
Kentucky |
2020-04-10 |
Denied |
|
ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky
may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute,
Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and
violate Secti… |
| 19-974 |
William T. Schmitt, et al. v. Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
ballot-initiative ballot-initiatives civil-rights constitutional-law election-law first-amendment free-speech strict-scrutiny subject-matter-restriction subject-matter-restrictions voting-rights |
Whether the First Amendment and strict scrutiny apply to subject matter restrictions on ballot initiatives. |
| 19-757 |
Arizona Libertarian Party, et al. v. Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
ballot-access ballot-qualified-party candidate-qualification constitutional-threshold election-law independent-voters political-parties primary-election voter-eligibility voter-support |
1. May a state require that a candidate seeking to run in the primary election of a ballot-qualified party demonstrate support from as much as 30 perc… |
| 19-524 |
Roque De La Fuente, aka Rocky v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
anderson-burdick anderson-burdick-framework ballot-access ballot-clutter constitutional-review election-law independent-candidates presidential-election presidential-elections signature-requirements voter-confusion |
When evidence is adduced that signature collection requirements to secure ballot access for independent presidential candidates exceed what is necessa… |
| 18A1296 |
Ameer Xenos Flippin v. DC Board of Elections & Ethics, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
candidate-exclusion civil-rights election-law municipal-election section-1983 write-in-candidate |
Question not identified. |
| 18A1288 |
Steve Chabot, et al. v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. |
Ohio |
2019-06-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-challenge district-court election-law gerrymandering redistricting voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 18A1242 |
Larry Householder, et al. v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. |
Ohio |
2019-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
congressional-districts election-law gerrymandering judicial-review redistricting voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 18-1470 |
Jim Feehan v. Rick Marcone, et al. |
Connecticut |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
|
bush-v-gore constitutional-rights due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection equal-protection-clause retroactive-standard right-to-vote voting-rights |
(1) Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court erred in disregarding the equal protection principles applied in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000) and requir… |
| 18-1362 |
James Hall v. John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
ballot-access capable-of-repetition class-action courts-of-appeals election election-law elections-mootness evading-review judicial-review mootness-doctrine standing |
Under what circumstances can a candidate continue to challenge a ballot-access rule after the election over which he originally sued has passed? |
| 18-7729 |
Earnest S. Harris v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-discipline civil-rights court-rules disbarment due-process election-law equal-protection habeas-corpus incarceration professional-conduct suspension voting voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 18-149 |
Doug Lair, et al. v. Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of Political Practices, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
campaign-finance campaign-finance-regulation civil-rights constitutional-rights contribution-limits election-law first-amendment free-speech political-contributions political-parties political-speech quid-pro-quo-corruption randall-v-sorrell standing |
1. Whether Montana's base candidate contribution limits on individual and political committees are unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
2. Whe… |
| 18-93 |
Donald Zimmerman v. City of Austin, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
aggregate-limit austin base-limit campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law contribution-limits due-process election-law first-amendment standing |
Whether Austin's $350 base limit on campaign contributions violates the First Amendment; and
Whether Zimmerman established standing to challenge Aust… |