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Casting Provisional Ballots in the Right Place

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
October 26, 2023

Hawkins v. Blunt (Scott O. Wright and Richard E. Dorr, W.D. Mo. 2:04-cv-4177)
The case concerndc whether voters could cast provisional ballots at polling places to which they were not assigned. Claims were mooted by the state’s agreeing to alter its procedures for counting provisional ballots.
Subject: Provisional ballots. Topics: Help America Vote Act (HAVA); provisional ballots; intervention; case assignment; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Case Assignment | Help America Vote Act (HAVA) | Intervention | Primary Election | Provisional Ballots | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | W.D. Mo.