COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker

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This database consolidates and tracks litigation concerning the effect of the pandemic on election law. The purpose of this tool is to provide an interactive list of relevant cases that can be searched by issue, court, status, and jurisdiction.

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Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers

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Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers, No. 2020AP000608 – OA (Wis. S. Ct.)

  Case Summary The Wisconsin state legislature filed this lawsuit against Tony Evers in his official capacity as the Governor of Wisconsin in the Wisconsin Supreme Court as an original action. Plaintiffs sought a temporary injunction against the governor's Executive Order suspending in-person voting from the statutorily mandated date of 4/7/20 to 6/9/20. Plaintiffs argued that the governor lacked both the constitutional and statutory authority to a) modify or suspend the statutes and b) set the time, place, and manner of elections.
Filed 04/06/2020
State Wisconsin
Type of Court State
Status Closed
Last Updated 03/13/2021
Issue Tag(s) In-Person Voting COVID Concern (Suspension of In-Person Voting)
Complaint(s) 04/06/2020: Complaint filed.
Dispositive Ruling(s) 04/06/2020: Order/Ruling, TRO granted on the theory that the governor did not have the power to take the actions he sought to take.
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