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Electronic At-Home Absentee Voting for Blind Voters

Robert Timothy Reagan
October 26, 2023

Powell v. Benson (Gershwin A. Drain, E.D. Mich. 2:20-cv-11023), Drenth v. Boockvar (Jennifer P. Wilson, M.D. Pa. 1:20-cv-829), Hernandez v. New York State Board of Elections (Lewis J. Liman, S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cv-4003), Merrill v. Dunlap (John A. Woodcock, Jr., D. Me. 1:20-cv-248), and Rivero v. Galvin (Douglas P. Woodlock, D. Mass. 1:20-cv-11808)
In light of the greater need for absentee voting in 2020 because of the Covid-19 global infectious pandemic, lawsuits in fivestates resulted in electronic at-home absentee voting for blind voters that protected the secrecy of their ballots.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Covid-19; absentee ballots; Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); intervention; class action; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.