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Voting, ballot access, election administration, campaign, and redistricting cases.

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24-568

Michael J. Bost, et al., Petitioners v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.

The Supreme Court held 7-2 that a candidate for office has standing to challenge election rules governing the counting of votes. Chief Justice Roberts...

DetailedElection LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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24-109

Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al.

The Court decided Louisiana v. Callais on April 29, 2026, affirming and remanding a ruling that struck down Louisiana's SB8 congressional map as an un...

DetailedVoting RightsOT 2025
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United States District Court for the Western District of LouisianaOpen

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24-1260

Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State, Petitioner v. Republican National Committee, et al.

Do the federal election-day statutes preempt a state law that allows ballots that are cast by federal election day to be received by election official...

TrackingElection LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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24-621

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Election Commission, et al.

Challengers seek to overturn limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties, arguing the restrictions violate First Amendment protection...

DetailedElection LawOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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96-670

Foster v. Love

Louisiana's election system allowed congressional candidates to be elected in an October open primary if they received a majority of the vote. The Sup...

DetailedOT 1996
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Court pendingOpen

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21-12

Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz

This case is about a federal campaign-finance law that capped at $250,000 the amount of post-election donations a campaign could use to repay money a ...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaOpen

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20-542

Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Degraffenreid

This case challenges a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that let mailed ballots received up to three days after Election Day be counted and told offi...

DetailedOT 2020
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle DistrictOpen

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14-232

Harris v. Ariz. Indep. Redistricting Comm'n

Voters sued the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, arguing that newly drawn voting districts violated the one person, one vote principle by...

DetailedOT 2015
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United States District Court for the District of ArizonaOpen

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02-1674

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

This case considers whether the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned 'soft money' donations and regulated political advertising, viola...

DetailedOT 2002
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United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaOpen

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19-465

Chiafalo v. Washington

This case asked whether Washington could fine presidential electors who broke their pledge and voted for someone other than the candidate who won the ...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of WashingtonOpen

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19-251

Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

This case was about a California rule requiring charities that raise money in the state to give the attorney general the names and addresses of their ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-1257

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

This case was about whether two Arizona voting rules unlawfully burden minority voters: a rule refusing to count ballots cast in the wrong precinct on...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-333

Besinek v. Lamone

Republican voters challenged Maryland’s 2011 redesign of the Sixth Congressional District, claiming state officials redrew it to punish them for suppo...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States District Court for the District of MarylandOpen

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17-586

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez, et al.

1. Whether the district court issued an appealable interlocutory injunction when it invalidated Texas' duly enacted redistricting plan and ordered the...

TrackingOT 2017
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United States District Court for the Western District of TexasOpen

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18-281

Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

Virginia voters challenged 11 Virginia House of Delegates districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, and a federal district court struck those...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of VirginiaOpen

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19-974

Schmitt v. Larose

This case involves a challenge to subject-matter restrictions on ballot initiatives, specifically asking whether such restrictions are subject to stri...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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23-719

Trump v. Anderson

The Court unanimously reversed Colorado's decision excluding Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. It held that states ma...

DetailedAdministrative LawOT 2023
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Colorado Supreme CourtOpen

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22-807

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

The Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina's congressional redistricting plan was not an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, finding that the lower ...

DetailedOT 2023
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Federal district courtOpen

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