No. 20-1244

Barbara Tully, et al. v. Paul Okeson, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: absentee-voting age-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment twenty-sixth-amendment voting-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Indiana violates the Twenty-Sixth Amendment by giving voters age 65 and older the right to cast an absentee ballot by mail while requiring otherwise identical voters age 18 to 64 to cast their ballots in-person

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Indiana’s absentee voting laws expressly distinguish between voters based on age by giving all voters age 65 or older an entitlement to cast an absentee ballot by mail. Indiana chose to allow all voters to vote by mail for the June 2020 primary election but subsequently enforced its age-based rules in the November 2020 general election. The questions presented are: 1. Whether Indiana violates the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by giving voters age 65 and older the right to cast an absentee ballot by mail while requiring otherwise identical voters age 18 to 64 to cast their ballots in-person; and 2. Whether, in circumstances where in-person voting presents special dangers, Indiana’s absentee voting scheme violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by burdening the right to vote of voters age 18 to 64.

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-06-01
Reply of petitioners Barbara Tully, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-05-28
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the filing of a reply pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
2021-05-21
Brief of respondents Paul Okeson, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-04-21
Response Requested. (Due May 21, 2021)
2021-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-08
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
2021-04-08
Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Sixth Amendment Scholars filed.
2021-04-08
Waiver of right of respondent Paul Okeson, et al. to respond filed.
2021-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Barbara Tully, et al.
Andrew John PincusMayer Brown LLP, Petitioner
Constitutional Accountability Center
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
Paul Okeson, et al.
Thomas M. FisherOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
Twenty-Sixth Amendment Scholars
Jessica Ring AmunsonJenner & Block LLP, Amicus