Learn more about the lawsuits shaping voting rights, redistricting and elections by exploring Democracy Docket’s comprehensive database of cases. Click on any case to find a brief summary of the lawsuit and all relevant filings in the “case documents” section.
NAACP v. Reeves
Lawsuit filed by the NAACP, the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, the Jackson City Branch of the NAACP and six residents of Jackson, Mississippi challenging two recently enacted anti-democratic laws that target Jackson’s majority-Black population.
Addoh-Kondi v. Jefferson County Commission
Lawsuit filed on behalf of voters in Jefferson County, Alabama challenging Jefferson County, Alabama’s county commission districts drawn with 2020 census data.
McClure v. Jefferson County Commission
Lawsuit filed by a Black voter, Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Metro-Birmingham Branch of the NAACP and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP challenging Jefferson County, Alabama’s county commission districts drawn with 2020 census data.
Hawkins v. Youngkin
Lawsuit filed on behalf of an individual who is disenfranchised due to a former felony conviction and a nonprofit organization that supports formerly incarcerated individuals challenging Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement policy.
French v. County of Luzerne
Lawsuit filed by three Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voters against Luzerne County and its election officials alleging that voters were “disenfranchised” during the Nov. 8, 2022, midterm elections as a result of the defendants’ “misadministration of the election” in at least “40 election districts.”
Tucker v. Lee
Lawsuit filed by voters from Davidson County, Tennessee against Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R), Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) and Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins (R) challenging House Bill 48.
March For Our Lives Idaho v. McGrane
Lawsuit filed by March For Our Lives Idaho and a young voter challenging House Bill 124, a newly enacted voter suppression law that eliminates the use of a student ID as an acceptable form of identification for in-person voting.
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County v. Lee
Lawsuit filed by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County against Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R), Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) and Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins (R) challenging Senate Bill 87.
King v. Thurston
Lawsuit filed by State Senator Bryan King (R) and the League of Women Voters of Arkansas against Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston (R) challenging Act 236, a law passed in 2023 which places additional requirements on the ballot initiative process.
Mazurek v. Berden
Lawsuit filed by three Democratic presidential electors from Michigan against 16 “fake electors” who attempted to submit alternate election results claiming that Donald Trump won Michigan’s 16 electoral college votes in the 2020 election.