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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Pennsylvania Voters Alliance v. Centre County
Closed
Penn. Voters Alliance v. Centre Cnty., No. 4:20-cv-01761 (M.D. Pa.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, a group of Pennsylvania voters, brought suit against two Pennsylvania counties and the city of Philadelphia claiming that the receipt of private federal election grants violateed the Help America Vote Act, the National Voters Registration Act, and the Supremacy and Elections Clauses of the United States Constitution. | |
| Filed | 09/25/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Third Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 05/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Private Funding for Local Election Authorities Concerns private grants of money to progressive counties by Defendant. Plaintiffs claim private grants for elections have to go to the state to be allocated. |
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| Complaint(s) | 09/25/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 10/21/2020: Other, The district court dismissed Plaintiffs claims for lack of standing after finding that Plaintiffs have failed to satisfy multiple standing requirements. In particular, Platiniffs alleged only a generalized greivance that was not sufficiently concrete or particularized to grant Article III standing, did not demonstrate that their alleged injury was caused by Defendants, and failed to show that any action by the court against Defendants could redress their injury. | |
Pennsylvania Voters Alliance v. Centre County, No. 20-3175 (3d Cir.) |
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| Case Summary | Notice of appeal filed, seeking an injunction against private election funding grants. | |
| Filed | 10/22/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Third Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 03/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Private Funding for Local Election Authorities | |
| Complaint(s) | 10/22/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 10/28/2020: Order/Ruling, Motion for injunction pending appeal denied. | |
Pennsylvania Voters Alliance v. Centre County, No. 20A82 (S. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | Petitioners, Pennsylvania voters, seek an injunction against private federal election grants on the grounds that they violate the Elections Clause. | |
| Filed | 10/26/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | US Supreme Court | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 03/14/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Authority To Act (Elections Clause) Private Funding for Local Election Authorities |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 10/26/2020: Other | |
| 11/02/2020: Other, The requested injunction pending appeal would enjoin Respondents (certain Pennsylvania counties) from using private federal election grants for the November 3 federal elections and require the Respondents to provide an immediate, itemized and verified accounting of the private moneys used to pay for the November 3 federal elections and the private moneys remaining on account for that purpose. | ||
| 11/03/2020: Other, Emergency application to the U.S Supreme Court for an injunction (20A82) is denied by Justice Alito. | ||
| 11/03/2020: Order/Ruling, Application for injunctive relief denied by Justice Alito | ||
