Topic
Elections & voting cases
Voting, ballot access, campaigns, and electoral districts.
36 casesUpdated Nov 3, 2026
Before arguments
Recent decisions
DecidedUnion fees for political spendingDianne Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000Decided 10-1121DecidedFederal election dayFoster v. LoveDecided 96-670DecidedCampaign money and political adsMcConnell v. Federal Election CommissionDecided 02-1674DecidedEqual population in voting districtsWesley W. Harris, et al., Appellants v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.Decided 14-232DecidedPolitical retaliation in redistrictingBesinek v. LamoneDecided 17-333DecidedRace in voting mapsGreg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.Decided 17-586DecidedWho can appeal voting mapsVirginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-HillDecided 18-281DecidedPartisan gerrymanderingLinda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants v. O. John Benisek, et al.Decided 18-726DecidedState power over presidential electorsChiafalo v. WashingtonDecided 19-465DecidedNonprofit donor privacyAmericans for Prosperity Foundation v. BontaDecided 19-251DecidedVoting rules and discriminationBrnovich v. Democratic National CommitteeDecided 19-1257DecidedCampaign loan repayment limitsFederal Election Comm'n v. Ted CruzDecided 21-12DecidedCampaign donation limitsShaun McCutcheon v. Federal Election CommissionDecided 12-536DecidedVoting rights in district mapsAllen v. MilliganDecided 21-1086DecidedStates barring presidential candidatesTrump v. AndersonDecided 23-719DecidedRace and voting mapsAlexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACPDecided 22-807DecidedDriver records and lawyer adsEdward F. Maracich v. Michael Eugene SpearsDecided 12-25DecidedFederal oversight of voting lawsShelby County, Alabama v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney GeneralDecided 12-96DecidedSpecial elections after redistrictingNorth Carolina v. Sandra Little CovingtonDecided 16-1023DecidedArizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.Decided 12-71DecidedRedrawing voting districtsRick Perry, Governor of Texas v. Shannon PerezDecided 11-713DecidedRight to challenge ballot rulesMichael J. Bost, et al., Petitioners v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.Decided 24-568DecidedRace in voting districtsBethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of ElectionsDecided 15-680DecidedRace in congressional mapsCooper v. HarrisDecided 15-1262DecidedRace-based voting mapsLouisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al.Decided 24-109DecidedCampaign funding and free speechArizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Ken Bennett, in His Official Capacity as Arizona Secretary of StateDecided 10-238DecidedJudges asking for campaign donationsLanell Williams-Yulee v. The Florida BarDecided 13-1499DecidedStephen M. Shapiro v. David J. McManus, Jr., Chairman, Maryland State Board of ElectionsDecided 14-990DecidedAbsentee ballots after Election DayMichael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State, Petitioner v. Republican National Committee, et al.Decided 24-1260DecidedLimits on party campaign spendingNational Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Election Commission, et al.Decided 24-621Case remandedRace in voting mapsJose A. Trevino v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of WashingtonRemanded 25-918DecidedRemoving inactive votersHusted v. A. Philip Randolph InstituteDecided 16-980DecidedPartisan gerrymanderingGill v. WhitfordDecided 16-1161DecidedPartisan election mapsRucho v. Common CauseDecided 18-422DecidedRace-based legislative mapsNorth Carolina, et al., Appellants v. Sandra Little Covington, et al.Decided 17-1364
Emergency applications
DeniedFederal access to voter rollsUnited States v. CaliforniaRuled 26A624GrantedProof of citizenship to voteDavid M. Scanlan, Secretary of State of New Hampshire v. Coalition for Open DemocracyRuled 26A512GrantedMissouri congressional map referendumPeople Not Politicians v. Robert OnderRuled 26A388DeniedBallot access rulesLana Leguia v. New Jersey Republican State CommitteeRuled 26A358DeniedBallot access petitionsNew Mexico Forward Party v. Maggie Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of StateRuled 26A357GrantedMissouri redistricting referendumPeople Not Politicians v. Robert OnderRuled 26A326GrantedVoter checks using federal dataDepartment of Homeland Security v. League of Women VotersRuled 26A308DeniedPostmarks on mail ballotsUnited States Postal Service v. CaliforniaRuled 26A305WithdrawnPostmarks on mail ballotsUnited States Postal Service v. CaliforniaClosed 26A297DeniedSuccessors bound by officials' decisionsMaranda Lynn ODonnell v. Linda Garcia, Judge, Criminal Court of Texas, Harris CountyRuled 26A296DeniedVoting measure ballot accessAmericans for Citizen Voting - Michigan v. Michigan Board of State CanvassersRuled 26A275GrantedPresidential power over votingDonald J. Trump, President of the United States v. CaliforniaRuled 26A124