The post below delineates the state, the court, a shorthand indication of the issue(s) involved, and the date (and where I can, link) for decisions. [Note: this list does not purport to be a list of all current litigation over election issues. There was plenty of litigation before COVID-19 (some of which is still unresolved — indeed, some of which has been unresolved for years), and there have been some recent cases that don’t involve the pandemic. Election Law @ Moritz has continuing updates of the major election cases, COVID-19 and not; the Michigan Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse has continuing updates of the major COVID-19 cases, election and not. This list tries to capture all of the COVID-19 election cases, “major” and not. Also, thanks to Eda Harotounian, Erika De La Torre, David Nir, Richard Winger, and several readers for the assist on some of the details below.]. Click here.

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The post below delineates the state, the court, a shorthand indication of the issue(s) involved, and the date (and where I can, link) for decisions.

[Note: this list does not purport to be a list of all current litigation over election issues. There was plenty of litigation before COVID-19 (some of which is still unresolved — indeed, some of which has been unresolved for years), and there have been some recent cases that don’t involve the pandemic. Election Law @ Moritz has continuing updates of the major election cases, COVID-19 and not; the Michigan Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse has continuing updates of the major COVID-19 cases, election and not. This list tries to capture all of the COVID-19 election cases, “major” and not. Also, thanks to Eda Harotounian, Erika De La Torre, David Nir, Richard Winger, and several readers for the assist on some of the details below.]

  • National: Jones v. U.S. Postal Service, No. 1:20-cv-06516 (S.D.N.Y.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Amd. complaint 9/9/20, PI (mostly) granted 9/21/20, order 9/25/20, clarification 9/29/20

  • National: Richardson v. Trump, No. 1:20-cv-02262 (D.D.C.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Amd. complaint 9/11/20, PI (mostly) granted 10/8/20, order 10/27/20, order 11/2/20, order 11/3/20

  • National: Washington v. Trump, No. 1:20-cv-03127 (E.D. Wash.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/18/20, PI granted 9/17/20, clarifying order 10/2/20, order 10/30/20

  • National: Nat’l Urban League v. DeJoy, No. 1:20-cv-02391 (D. Md.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/18/20

  • National: Nat’l Urban League v. Ross, No. 5:20-cv-05799 (N.D. Cal.), No. 20-16868 (9th Cir.), No. 20A62 (S. Ct.)
    Census operations
    Complaint 8/18/20, TRO granted 9/5/20, extended 9/17/20, PI granted 9/24/20, clarification 10/2/20, stay denied in part (10/31 deadline) and granted in part (12/31 deadline) 10/7/20, stayed 10/13/20

  • National: Johnakin v. U.S. Postal Service, No. 2:20-cv-04055 (E.D. Pa.)
    Mail (postal service practices, deadline)
    Complaint 8/19/20, settled 10/8/20

  • National: NAACP v. U.S. Postal Service, No. 1:20-cv-02295 (D.D.C.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/20/20, PI granted 10/10/20, order 11/3/20

  • National: Pennsylvania v. DeJoy, No. 2:20-cv-04096 (E.D. Pa.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/21/20, PI granted 9/28/20

  • National: New York v. Trump, No. 1:20-cv-02340 (D.D.C.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/25/20, PI granted 9/27/20

  • National: Vote Forward v. DeJoy, No. 1:20-cv-02405 (D.D.C.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 8/28/20, PI granted 9/28/20, order 9/30/30

  • National: Harrington v. DeJoy, No. 1:20-cv-05303 (N.D. Ill.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 9/8/20

  • National: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East v. DeJoy, No. 1:20-cv-24069 (S.D. Fla.)
    Mail (postal service practices)
    Complaint 10/6/20, order 10/29/20

  • AK: Disability Law Ctr. of Alaska v. Meyer, No. 3AN-20-07060 (Alaska Super. Ct., 3d Dist.), No. 3:20-cv-00173 (D. Alaska), No. 20-35778 (9th Cir.)
    Mail (age)
    Complaint 7/17/20, PI denied 9/3/20, relief pending appeal denied 9/22/20

  • AK: Alaska Libertarian Party v. Fenumiai, No. 3:20-cv-00127 (D. Alaska)
    Signatures (threshold for party)
    Complaint 6/3/20, vol. dismissed 7/13/20

  • AK: Arctic Village Council v. Meyer, No. 3AN-20-07858CI (Alaska Super. Ct., 3d Dist.), No. S-17902 (Alaska Sup. Ct.)
    Mail (witness)
    Complaint 9/8/20, TRO denied 9/30/20, PI granted 10/5/20, aff’d 10/12/20

  • AK: Alaska Center Education Fund v. Fenumiai, No. 3AN-20-08354-CI (Alaska Super. Ct., 3d Dist.), No. S-17908 (Alaska Sup. Ct.)
    Mail (notice/cure)
    Complaint 10/7/20, PI denied 10/15/20, review denied 10/23/20

  • AL: People First of Ala. v. MerrillNo.2:20-cv-00619 (N.D. Ala), Nos. 20-12184, 20-13695-B (11th Cir.), Nos. 19A1063, 20A67 (S. Ct.)
    Mail (witness, ID), curbside voting
    Complaint 5/1/20, PI granted in part 6/15/20 (+statement of extra risk), stay denied 6/25/20, stay granted 7/2/20, appeal vol. dismissed 7/17/20
    Amd. complaint 7/6/20, order dismissing some claims and preserving others 8/17/20, decisions on summary judgment (granting some for defensedenying others) 9/8/20
    Lee Cnty. settlement 7/7/20 and 9/17/20, Jefferson Cnty. settlement 8/21/20, Madison Cnty. settlement 9/4/20, Wilcox Cnty. settlement 9/18/20, Lowndes Cnty. settlement 9/22/20
    Decision enjoining witness/ID requirement for heightened-risk voters, ban on curbside voting 9/30/20, stayed in part (witness/ID reinstated, but ban on curbside voting not stayed) 10/13/20, curbside voting stayed 10/21/20

  • AL: LWV of Ala. v. Merrill, No. 03-CV-2020-900702 00 (Ala. Cir. Ct., Montgomery Cnty.)
    Mail (excuse required, witness, ID, deadline), early voting
    Complaint 5/28/20, dismissed 8/5/20

  • AR: Mays v. Thurston, No. 4:20-cv-00341 (E.D. Ark.)
    Mail (deadline)
    Complaint 3/26/20, TRO denied 3/30/20, vol. dismissed 3/31/20

  • AR: Miller v. Thurston, No. 5:20-cv-05070 (W.D. Ark.), No. 20-2095 (8th Cir.)
    Signatures (e-signatures, threshold for initiatives)
    Complaint 4/22/20, PI granted in part 5/25/20 (no witnesses/notaries needed), rev’d 7/23/20

  • AR: Whitfield v. Thurston, No. 4:20-cv-00466 (E.D. Ark.)
    Signatures (deadline, threshold for candidates)
    Complaint 4/29/20, post-trial judgment for defense 6/24/20

  • AR: Baker v. Thurston, No. 60CV-20-3565 (Ark. Cir. Ct., Pulaski Cnty.)
    Mail (excuse)
    Complaint 6/23/20, dismissed 7/21/20

  • AR: League of Women Voters of Ark. v. Thurston, No. 5:20-cv-05174 (W.D. Ark.)
    Mail (notice/cure)
    Amd. complaint 9/28/20, PI denied 10/26/20

  • AR: Wince v. Thurston, No. 60CV-20-5928 (Ark. Cir. Ct., Pulaski Cnty.), Nos. 4:20-cv-01274, 4:20-cv-01278 (E.D. Ark.)
    Count (deadline to finish)
    Complaint 10/23/20, PI denied 10/28/20

  • AZ: Arizona v. Fontes, No. CV2020-003477 (Ariz. Super. Ct., Maricopa Cnty.)
    Mail (state law authority)
    Complaint 3/13/20, TRO granted 3/13/20, vol. dismissed 3/18/20

  • AZ: di Genova-Chang v. Ducey, No.4:20-cv-00141 (D. Ariz.)
    Signatures (compensation for COVID)
    Complaint 3/31/20, dismissed 7/7/20

  • AZ: Arizonans for Fair Elections v. HobbsNo. 2:20-cv-00658 (D. Ariz.), No. 20-15719 (9th Cir.)
    Signatures (e-signatures, threshold for initiatives)
    Complaint 4/2/20, TRO denied and case dismissed 4/17/20, appeal vol. dismissed 5/19/20

  • AZ: Arizonans for Second Chances Rehabilitation & Safety et al. v. HobbsNo.CV-20-0098-SA (Ariz. Sup. Ct.)
    Signatures (e-signatures, threshold for initiatives)
    Complaint 4/2/20, relief denied 5/13/20, opinion 9/4/20

  • AZ: Hoffard v. Cochise Cnty., No. 4:20-cv-00243 (D. Ariz.)
    Curbside voting
    Amd. complaint 8/27/20, PI denied 10/22/20

  • AZ: Ariz. Democratic Party v. Hobbs, No. 2:20-cv-01143 (D. Ariz.), Nos. 20-16759, 20-16766 (9th Cir.)
    Mail (cure for no signature)
    Complaint 6/10/20injunction granted 9/10/20 (cure for missing signature), stay denied 9/18/20, stay granted 10/6/20

  • AZ: De La Fuente v. Hobbs, No. 2:20-cv-01276 (D. Ariz.)
    Signatures (threshold for candidate, filing fee)
    Complaint 6/29/20, vol. dismissed 10/2/20

  • AZ: Yazzie v. Hobbs, No. 3:20-cv-08222 (D. Ariz.), No. 20-16890 (9th Cir.)
    Mail (deadline)
    Complaint 8/26/20, PI denied 9/25/20, aff’d 10/15/20 

  • AZ: Arizona Public Integrity Alliance v. Fontes, No. LC2020-000252 (Ariz. Super. Ct., Maricopa Cnty.), 1 CA-CV 20-0458 (Ariz. Ct. App.), T-20-0003-CV, CV-20-0253-AP/EL (Ariz. Sup. Ct.)
    Mail (state law authority to correct ballot mistake)
    Complaint 8/25/20, PI denied 9/4/20, rev’d 9/10/20 (instruction for correcting mistake not permitted)

  • AZ: Fontes v. Arizona, No. CV2020-011845 (Ariz. Super. Ct., Maricopa Cnty.)
    Remote assistance in completing ballots for voters in long-term care and hospitals
    Complaint 9/25/20, decision 10/6/20

  • AZ: Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, No. 2:20-cv-01903 (D. Ariz.), No. 20-16932 (9th Cir.)
    Voter registration (deadline)
    Complaint 9/30/20, PI granted (deadline 10/23) 10/5/20, stay granted (deadline 10/15) 10/13/20

  • AZ: Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. Rodriguez, No. 4:20-cv-00432 (D. Ariz.)
    In-person (site on reservation)
    Complaint 10/12/20, PI denied 10/22/20

  • AZ: Ariz. Democratic Party v. Fontes, No. CV2020-012873 (Ariz. Super. Ct., Maricopa Cnty.)
    Mail (info on ballots rejected)
    Complaint 10/13/20, dismissed 10/22/20

  • AZ: Ariz. Democratic Party v. Rodriguez, No. C20204441 (Ariz. Super. Ct., Pima Cnty.)
    Mail (info on ballots rejected)
    Complaint 10/13/20, dismissed 10/22/20

  • CA: Election Integrity Project Cal. v. Lunn, No. 56-2020-00540781-CU-MC-VTA (Cal. Super. Ct., Ventura Cnty.)
    In-person (observer procedures)
    Complaint 3/4/20, TRO denied 3/6/20, PI denied 9/15/20

  • CA: Eilenberg v. City of Colton, No. 8:20-cv-00767 (C.D. Cal.)
    Signatures (deadline, threshold for initiative)
    Complaint 4/20/20, TRO denied 5/14/20
    Amd. complaint 6/4/20, PI denied 7/29/20, claims against State dismissed 10/13/20

  • CA: Cal. Republican Party v. Newsom, No. 34-2020-00277751 (Cal. Super. Ct., Sacramento)
    Mail (declaratory judgment: do stay-at-home orders reach ballot collectors)
    Complaint 4/29/20, TRO denied 5/5/20, vol. dismissed 5/22/20

  • CA: Fugazi v. Padilla, No. 2:20-cv-00970 (E.D. Cal.)
    Postpone primary, mail (notice/cure date)
    Complaint 5/12/20, TRO denied 5/22/20
    Amd. complaint 6/30/20, dismissed 10/29/20

  • CA: Issa v. Newsom, No. 2:20-cv-01044 (E.D.Cal.)
    Mail (Elections Clause authority, state law authority, opportunity for fraud)
    Complaint 5/21/20, vol. dismissed 7/9/20

  • CA: RNC v. Newsom, No. 2:20-cv-01055 (E.D. Cal.)
    Mail (Elections Clause authority, opportunity for fraud, standards)
    Complaint 5/24/20, vol. dismissed

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