Healthy Elections Project

Number of Cases per State

State	Number of Cases
Alabama	2
Alaska	4
Arizona	23
Arkansas	6
California	13
Colorado	6
Connecticut	6
Delaware	3
District Columbia	9
Florida	5
Georgia	30
Hawaii	2
Idaho	3
Illinois	6
Indiana	5
Iowa	10
Kentucky	3
Louisiana	4
Maine	3
Maryland	4
Massachusetts	6
Michigan	41
Minnesota	20
Mississippi	2
Missouri	4
Montana	6
Nevada	16
New Hampshire	3
New Jersey	5
New Mexico	4
New York	20
North Carolina	12
North Dakota	4
Ohio	14
Oklahoma	5
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	41
Puerto Rico	1
Rhode Island	2
South Carolina	8
South Dakota	1
Tennessee	4
Texas	30
Utah	1
Vermont	1
Virginia	13
Washington	1
West Virginia	1
Wisconsin	22

Number of Cases per Issue

Primary Issue	Subsidiary Issue	Number of Cases
Vote-by-Mail		264
	Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution	59
	Mail Voting Deadlines (for Applying, Receiving, Postmark)	58
	Other Vote-by-Mail Issue	57
	Signature Verification Standards	45
	Witness and/or Notary Requirement	37
	Notice/Cure for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes	32
	Failure to Provide Vote-by-Mail Accommodations for Voters with Disabilities	24
	Poll Observer Access	24
	Restriction on Assistance or Collection of Mail Ballots for Return	22
	Failure to Allow Fear of COVID to Qualify as “Excuse”	19
	Failure to Include ID/Documentation	19
	Postage Requirement	19
	Failure to Allow No-Excuse Vote by Mail	18
	US Postal Service	15
	Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations	13
	Failure to Mail Ballots w/out Application to All Registered Voters	12
	Limiting Mail Voting to Senior Voters	3
	Failure to Mail Ballots w/out Application to Inactive Registered Voters	1
	Online Transmission of Blank Ballot	1
In-Person Voting COVID Concern		90
	Lack of Safety Measures for In-Person Voting	23
	Number/Location of Polling Places	22
	Other In-Person Voting Issue	21
	Early Voting Availability/Dates	19
	Suspension of In-Person Voting	16
	ID/Documentation Requirements	10
	Curbside Voting Availability	7
	Voting Hours	2
Petition Signature Requirement		47
	Deadline/Time to Collect	28
	Threshold Number	26
	E-signatures	22
	Witness/Notary	12
	Other Petition Signature Requirement Issue	5
Candidate Signature Requirement		42
	Threshold Number	38
	Deadline/Time to Collect	25
	E-signatures	14
	Witness/Notary	4
	Other Candidate Signature Requirement Issue	1
Authority To Act		95
	State Separation of Powers	47
	Elections Clause	29
	Other	28
	Electors Clause	13
Voter Registration Deadline		8
Postpone/Cancel Primary Deadline		10
Language Access		3
Online Voting		8
Other		14
Private Funding for Local Election Authorities		10
Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/Software		7

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