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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 Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly interpreted Texas Senate Bill 1 in a manner that potentially infringes on voting rights and electoral access
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 Whether the Supreme Court should apply the Purcell principle to prevent a lower court ruling from disrupting an ongoing election process
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 violates the Constitution and the Help America Vote A…
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 Whether a North Carolina law requiring felony disclosure for congressional candidates and displaying voter addresses violates constitutional rights an…
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' unconstitutional under…
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 Whether a statutory scheme compelling candidates and political parties to spend substantial funds to qualify for the ballot violates the First and Fou…
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…
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 Does New York's ballot access law violate the Qualifications Clause and Twelfth Amendment by requiring presidential candidates to publish their reside…
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 Whether Indiana's ballot access statutory scheme imposing substantial financial burdens on new political parties violates the First and Fourteenth Ame…
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 Whether a state's ballot access requirements that impose substantial financial burdens on minor political parties violate the First and Fourteenth Ame…
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 Whether federal candidates have Article III standing to challenge state election time, place, and manner regulations
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 Whether a legal voter has standing to challenge the Arkansas Secretary of State's decision to reject signatures on a proposed state constitutional ame…
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 Whether a state election official's administrative actions in managing ballot access and voter registration can constitute a violation of federal cons…
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 Whether Virginia's election laws governing voter registration and ballot access unconstitutionally burden immigrant and minority voters' fundamental r…
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 Whether a state supreme court's interpretation of state election law regarding ballot access and candidate eligibility violates federal constitutional…
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 Whether a state election official can remove a presidential candidate's name from the ballot after previously certifying the candidate based on allege…
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 Whether a state election commission can constitutionally remove a presidential candidate from a primary ballot based on alleged insurrection-related d…
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 should be uniformly interpreted in election law cases to allow more flexible mootness…
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 Whether voters who cast a mail ballot may have their ballots excluded for immaterial errors on accompanying forms under the Materiality Provision of t…
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 a state's ballot residency requirement for independent presidential candidates violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of ballot ac…
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 Whether a local district attorney can be sued under Ex Parte Young for prospective injunctive relief challenging the constitutionality of state electi…
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 Will the Supreme Court allow alleged unconstitutional actions by federal and state officials that potentially violate constitutional rights and electi…
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 Whether a state prosecutor can bring a state-level prosecution that effectively creates a localized interpretation of federal election law in potentia…
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 Whether a state supreme court can deny a voter's standing to challenge a ballot initiative without a full evidentiary hearing on the voter's registrat…
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 Whether Arizona's election laws governing mail-in ballot signature verification and ballot curing procedures violate the Equal Protection Clause by po…
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 Whether state election laws governing ballot drop box procedures and accessibility violate constitutional protections of voting rights
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 Whether a State Court has subject matter jurisdiction in a special statutory election contest proceeding
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 Whether a state supreme court impermissibly interferes with a state legislature's election law authority when applying judicial scrutiny to election r…
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's Constitutional Rights by affirming the Lower Court's order Removing Petitioner's Name from the…
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 Should-the-Rooker-Feldman-doctrine-apply-to-moot-decisions-by-state-courts
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 Does the Equal Protection Clause's one man, one vote requirement apply to the election of Texas appellate court justices?
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 Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a special master to order voting machines owned by the County of Fulton to be placed in custody of …
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 Whether the granting of the defense of sovereign or official immunity for employees or officials that are acting outside of the authority of their off…
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 Whether state legislators have standing to challenge executive actions that nullify their votes on specific legislation
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 Whether petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted, and whether he was properly denied notice and an opportunity to prove …
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 Whether the Circuit Court for Alleghany County, Maryland should have given the pro se petitioner an opportunity to challenge the removal of his compla…
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.) are unconstitutional
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 Whether the power of public officials to amend voter-approved initiatives is constitutional
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 Does petitioner suffer a concrete and particularized injury, for the purpose of establishing standing, when the Secretary of State issues an illegal b…
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 Whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred 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 Whether the President falls within the list of officials subject to the disqualification provision of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment?
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' violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
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 a candidate's right to have their full legal name on the ballot
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 Does a state violate the First Amendment when it censors voters' t-shirts with a union logo in a polling place because the union took a position on a …
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 Whether the lower courts failed to address the important question of law to prevent the violation of constitutional rights and the greatest miscarriag…
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
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 Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machines …
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
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 Did the courts below properly apply the Anderson-Burdick standard?
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 Whether the Maryland Circuit Court for Montgomery County violated the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution
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 Is the spoliation of election materials and evidence evidence of election fraud?
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 Whether Ohio law allowing for Republican and Democratic Parties' election observers while requiring Independent candidates to obtain consent from four…
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 Whether a state's chief election officer may invoke sovereign immunity solely because local officials carry out day-to-day election administration dut…
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
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 Whether the State of California may condition the reporting of the results of write-in voting on the State's 'candidate certification' requirement tha…
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 May a trial court dismiss a ballot challenge without construing it favorably to the movant?
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 can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party candidates without notice th…
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 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 Major P…
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 Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review a case of public importance that was denied consideration by the lower courts
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 Question not identified
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 Did the Hawaii Supreme Court violate due process by dismissing a complaint with prejudice?
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 Whether the Fourth Circuit decision requiring all independent candidates to file their ballot access qualifying petitions by the date of North Carolin…
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 Whether it violates Article II of the Constitution, as well as the First and Fourteenth Amendments, for state courts to invoke the non-statutory, judg…
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 Whether WEC and local election officials violated Art. II, § 1, cl. 2 of the United States Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Eq…
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 Whether the Petitioner/voter has standing to challenge state action based on the vote-dilution
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 Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's alteration or suspension of state election law violated the U.S. Constitution
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 Do the First and Fourteenth Amendments permit Pennsylvania to bar equitable relief for constitutional challenges to election laws?
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 Whether a voter has standing to challenge state action based on vote dilution
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 Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority violated the United States Constitution by usurping the Pennsylvania General Assembly's plenary author…
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 Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority usurped the Pennsylvania General Assembly's plenary authority
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?
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 Whether the United States Constitution prohibits Kansas from requiring applicants to provide proof of United States citizenship when registering to vo…
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' violate the …
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 Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and Andy Beshear to appear on general election ballots
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 Does Arizona's out-of-precinct policy violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act?
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 Whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act compels states to authorize voting practices used disproportionately by racial minorities
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 Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ('KRS') 118.176, and violate Sections …
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 Questions presented
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 Whether a local election board's exclusion of a candidate from a mayoral ballot constitutes a violation of civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
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 Whether partisan gerrymandering claims present a justiciable federal question that federal courts can adjudicate
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 Whether partisan gerrymandering claims present a justiciable federal question that federal courts can adjudicate
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 Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court erred in disregarding the equal protection principles applied in Bush v. Gore and requiring proof of intentional…
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 Is the State of California's and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's involation of the U.S. Constitution's Amendment 3 by pr…
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 Whether Montana's base candidate contribution limits on individual and political committees are unconstitutional under the First Amendment
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