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Rio Grande Foundation, Petitioner v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State of New Mexico vs. Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Don M. Millis, Commissioner, Wisconsin Elections Commission
Elections cases on the Supreme Court docket, side by side.
No. 25-1248No. 25-1288
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| Fact | Rio Grande Foundation, Petitioner v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State of New Mexico | Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Don M. Millis, Commissioner, Wisconsin Elections Commission |
|---|---|---|
| Docket | 25-1248 | 25-1288 |
| Status | Before Arguments | Before Arguments |
| Date | October Term 2025 (2025–2026) | October Term 2025 (2025–2026) |
| Question presented | 1. Whether the court of appeals correctly determined that New Mexico has an informational interest in requiring qualified donor disclosure for communications that necessarily have a political purpose? 2. Whether the court of appeals correctly determined that the donor disclosure requirements within New Mexico’s Campaign Reporting Act (“CRA”), N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-19-25 to -36, survive exacting scrutiny? 3. Whether the court of appeals correctly applied exacting scrutiny to review the CRA? | 1. Whether the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), 52 U.S.C. §§ 20901–21145, creates federal rights enforceable by private litigants through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, or otherwise, a question that has deeply divided the federal courts of appeals and resulted in a state-by-state checkerboard of HAVA election law enforcement. 2. Whether a state’s total deprivation of HAVA-mandated administrative procedures, hearings, and remedies constitutes a concrete Article III injury-in-fact, or whether such a deprivation is merely a bare procedural violation that precludes federal judicial review of state election administration. |
| Summary | Rio Grande Foundation challenges New Mexico campaign-finance rules requiring certain groups to disclose donors when they make communications with a political purpose, even if they do not expressly support or oppose candidates. The pending petition argues that applying those rules to issue-advocacy groups violates the First Amendment. | This pending case asks whether Wisconsin voters and an advocacy group may sue state election officials in federal court over an alleged failure to provide administrative procedures, hearings, and remedies required by the Help America Vote Act. The Court has not yet decided the case. |
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