Bond v. Dunlap (1:20-cv-216) and Jorgensen v. Dunlap (1:20-cv-272) (Nancy Torresen, D. Me.)
Because of social distancing made necessary by the global Covid-19 infectious pandemic, prospective candidates in Maine’s 2020 general election sought court-ordered modifications to the ballot-petition signature requirements. One candidate’s effort was unsuccessful, and the other’s was mooted by her obtaining a sufficient number of signatures without judicial modification.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; Covid-19; intervention; laches.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.