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Emergency Election Litigation in Federal Courts: From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19

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

December 4, 2023

This collection of case studies illustrates how federal judges managed the time pressures of emergency election litigation in the years 2000 through 2020. The case studies are based on reviews of the court records and interviews with more than one hundred judges.

Unsuccessful Injunction Against State-Court Proscription on Political Gerrymandering

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 23, 2023

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania (Michael M. Baylson, E.D. Pa. 2:17-cv-5137) and Corman v. Torres (Christopher C. Conner, Kent A. Jordan, and Jerome B. Simandle, M.D. Pa. 1:18-cv-443)

Constitutionality of Campaign-Material Disclaimers

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 23, 2023

Yes on Prop B v. City and County of San Francisco (3:20-cv-630) and San Franciscans Supporting Prop B v. Chiu (3:22-cv-2785) (Charles R. Breyer, N.D. Cal.)

Voters Who Need Personal Assistance to Vote

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 22, 2023

Arkansas United v. Thurston (Timothy L. Brooks, W.D. Ark. 5:20-cv-5193)

Challenges to a Secretary of State’s Election Management

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 21, 2023

Common Cause of Georgia v. Kemp (Amy Totenberg, 1:18-cv-5102) and Brown v. Kemp (William M. Ray II, 1:18-cv-5121) (N.D. Ga.)

Attorneys Sanctioned for Filing a Suit to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election Results Without a Legal or Factual Foundation

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 21, 2023

King v. Whitmer (Linda V. Parker, E.D. Mich. 2:20-cv-13134)

Allegations of Politically Motivated Degradations of Postal Services

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 21, 2023

Jones v. United States Postal Service (Victor Marrero, S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cv-6516); National Urban League v. DeJoy (George L. Russell III, D. Md. 1:20-cv-2391); Washington v. Trump (Stanley A. Bastian, E.D. Wash. 1:20-cv-3127); Pennsylvania v. DeJoy (Gerald Austin McHugh, E.D. Pa.

Ballot Petitions Do Not Have to Be Multilingual

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

November 12, 2023

Padilla v. Lever (Alicemarie H. Stotler, 8:02-cv-1145), Imperial v. Castruita (R. Gary Klausner, 2:05-cv- 8940), and Chinchay v. Verjil (Audrey B. Collins, 2:06-cv-1637) (C.D. Cal.) and Madrigal v. County of Monterey (5:06-cv-1407), Melendez v. Board of Supervisors (5:06-cv-1730), Rangel v.

Changing Party Affiliation for a Primary Election

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

November 12, 2023

Van Wie v. Pataki (David N. Hurd, 1:00-cv-322), Van Allen v. Cuomo (Gary L. Sharpe, 1:07-cv-722), and Van Allen v. Walsh (Lawrence E. Kahn, 1:08-cv-876) (N.D.N.Y.)

No Constitutional Right to Distribute Absentee-Ballot Applications

Robert Timothy Reagan

November 4, 2023

Lichtenstein v. Hargett (Eli Richardson and Aleta A. Trauger, M.D. Tenn. 3:20-cv-736)

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Election Litigation

Emergency Election Litigation in Federal Courts: From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19

Unsuccessful Injunction Against State-Court Proscription on Political Gerrymandering

Constitutionality of Campaign-Material Disclaimers

Voters Who Need Personal Assistance to Vote

Challenges to a Secretary of State’s Election Management

Attorneys Sanctioned for Filing a Suit to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election Results Without a Legal or Factual Foundation

Allegations of Politically Motivated Degradations of Postal Services

Ballot Petitions Do Not Have to Be Multilingual

Changing Party Affiliation for a Primary Election

No Constitutional Right to Distribute Absentee-Ballot Applications

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