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This is a list of pending election law litigation cases that Election Law @ Moritz is currently monitoring.

Pennsylvania Cases

  • Banfield v. Aichele
    Topics: Voting Technology

  • United States of America v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al
    Topics: Absentee Ballots

  • Reitz et al v. The Honorable Edward G. Rendell et al
    Topics: Absentee Ballots

  • Service Employees International Union, Local #3, et al v. Municipalities of Monroeville and Lebanon
    Topics: Voter Registration

  • Meehan v. Philadelphia Board of Commissioners
    Topics: Absentee Ballots

  • Taylor v. Onorato
    Topics: Voting Technology

  • Berg v. Obama
    Topics: Candidate Eligibility

  • NAACP-SCP v. Cortes
    Topics: Voting Technology

  • Moyer v. Cortes
    Topics: Voter Registration | Voter Fraud

  • United States v. New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
    Topics: Voting Rights Act

  • Project Vote v. Kelly
    Topics: Ballot Access | Voter Registration

  • Smith v. Aichele
    Topics: Redistricting

  • Applewhite v. Pennsylvania
    Topics: Voter ID

    • Commentary

    Justin Levitt

    Arizona: Voter Registration and the Road Ahead

    Justin Levitt

     

    June arrived with two election law cases at the Supreme Court. One is still pending: a highly anticipated decision on section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The other, more frequently overlooked, was decided yesterday. And there are some quirks of the opinion that seem to depart from the swiftly congealing conventional wisdom that the states might actually have "won," and now need only run out the clock.

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    In the News

    Michelle Alexander

    Johnson: Disenfranchising felons hits minorities hardest

    Professor Michelle Alexander was quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article from her book "The New Jim Crow." The article focuses on the disenfranchisement of felons in states like Virginia, where more than seven percent of the adult population cannot vote due to felony charges. In Virginia, Gov. Robert McDonnell is taking steps to restore the right to vote to nonviolent felons.

    Alexander's book calls on the idea that disenfranchising felons affects minorities most. She calls voting-rights restoration processes a “bureaucratic maze” that is “cumbersome, confusing and onerous.”

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    Info & Analysis

    Supreme Court: NVRA Pre-empts Arizona's Proof of Citizenship Law

    In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the NVRA preempts an Arizona law requiring documentation of citizenship to accompany voter registration forms. The case is Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.

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    Major Pending Cases

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