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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Trump v. Biden
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Trump v. Biden, No. 2020CV007092 (Wis. Super. Ct., Milwaukee Cnty.) |
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| Case Summary | Pursuant to state law, President Trump and Vice-President Pence file an appeal and post a surety in cash to contest the Wisconsin recount. | |
| Filed | 12/03/2020 | |
| State | Wisconsin | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 12/07/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Other Recount |
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| Complaint(s) | 12/03/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/11/2020: Order/Ruling, The court affirmed the final recount determinations of the Dane County Board of Canvassers and Milwaukee County Elections Commission. | |
Trump v. Biden, No. 2020AP2038 (Wis. Sup. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | Appellants focus their objections on four different categories of ballots—each applying only to voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties. First, they seek to strike all ballots cast by voters who claimed indefinitely confined status since March 25, 2020. Second, they argue that a form used for in-person absentee voting is not a "written application" and therefore all in-person absentee ballots should be struck. Third, they maintain that municipal officials improperly added witness information on absentee ballot certifications, and that these ballots are therefore invalid. Finally, they assert that all ballots collected at "Democracy in the Park," two City of Madison events in late September and early October, were illegally cast. | |
| Filed | 12/11/2020 | |
| State | Wisconsin | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 12/14/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Other Recount |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/11/2020: Appellant Brief | |
| 12/14/2020: Order/Ruling, The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the Campaign is not entitled to the relief it seeks. It held that the challenge to the indefinitely confined voter ballots is meritless on its face, and the other three categories of ballots challenged fail under the doctrine of laches. | ||
Trump v. Biden, No. 20-882 (Sup. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | Petition for cert. | |
| Filed | 12/29/2020 | |
| State | Wisconsin | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | US Supreme Court | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 01/12/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Other Recount |
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| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 12/29/2020: Appellant Brief | |
| 01/11/2021: Order/Ruling, The Court denied petitioner's motion to expedite consideration. | ||
| 02/22/2021: Order/Ruling, Cert denied. | ||
