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Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs
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Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, No. 2:20-cv-01903 (D. Ariz.) |
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| Case Summary | Two voter registration nonprofits allege that Arizona's voter registration deadline for the 2020 election (October 5, 2020) is unconstitutional under the first and fourteenth amendments. The request that the court permanently enjoin Defendant from enforcing the voter registration deadline this election year. | |
| Filed | 09/30/2020 | |
| State | Arizona | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Ninth Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 02/25/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Voter Registration Deadline | |
| Complaint(s) | 09/30/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 10/05/2020: Order/Ruling, The court conlcudes that tthe balance of equities and the public interest fall in the plaintiffs' favor, and grants plaintiffs' motion for an injunction until 10/23/2020, effectively changing the Arizona voter registration deadline to 5:00PM on 10/23/2020. The case is dismissed. | |
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, No. 20-16932 (9th Cir.) |
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| Case Summary | The Arizona Secretary of State appeals the district court's ruling that the Arizona voter registration deadline is unconstitutional as applied during the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| Filed | 10/13/2020 | |
| State | Arizona | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Ninth Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 08/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Voter Registration Deadline | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 10/13/2020: Order/Ruling, The court grants appellant's motion for a stay of the district court's injunction. The court concluded that appellants were likely to succeed on the merits, appellants would be irreparably harmed absent a stay, the stay would not substantially harm the voter-registration organizations (appellees), and that a stay promotes the public interest in a well-administered election. The stay goes into effect on October 15, 2020, making that the new Arizona voter registration deadline. | |
| 02/02/2021: Order/Ruling, The Ninth Circuit granted defendant appellants' unapposed motion to voluntarily dimiss. | ||
