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.
Lichtenstein v. Hargett
Lawsuit filed by civil rights groups against Tennesee officials challenging a state law that makes it a felony to “give[] an application for an absentee ballot to any person” if you are not an employee of an election commission.
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Byrd
Lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP challenging Florida’s statewide voter registration application that was adopted in 2013.
Harness v. Watson
Lawsuit challenging the felon disenfranchisement provision of the Mississippi Constitution.
Falls v. Goins
Lawsuit challenging Tennessee law regarding out-of-state felony disenfranchisement.
King v. Youngkin
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Bridging The Gap In Virginia and three Virginia residents who are disenfranchised due to former felony convictions challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision.
Voice of the Experienced v. Ardoin
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana against Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) challenging the state’s policy regarding re-enfranchisement for “suspended” voters.
Community Success Initiative v. Moore
Lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s felony disenfranchisement law.
Thompson v. Merrill
Class action lawsuit filed on behalf of individual plaintiffs who are not registered to vote in Alabama due to a prior felony conviction, Greater Birmingham Ministries and a class of unregistered citizens who are otherwise eligible to register to vote but have been convicted of a felony.
Schroeder v. Simon
Lawsuit filed on behalf of four individuals with prior felony convictions challenging provisions of Minnesota law that restore the right to vote to individuals with former felony convictions “only upon discharge.”
Jones v. DeSantis
Lawsuit challenging Florida’s requirement that individuals with prior felony convictions must pay all related financial obligations before they regain the right to vote.