NAACP v. Lowe (G. Kendall Sharp, M.D. Fla. 6:04-cv-1469)
On October 7, 2004, African American voters filed a federal action complaining that the county’s only early-voting location was not convenient for African American voters on the county’s east side. On the following day, the plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery, and the district judge set a hearing on the motion for eleven days later. Before the hearing occurred, however, the county agreed to open additional early-voting locations, so the parties stipulated dismissal of the action. The judge ruled that no more than one location was legally required, but the opening of additional sites mooted the case.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Poll locations; early voting.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.