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.
Andrew Weathington, Certified Election Official and Judge of Probate, St. Clair County, Alabama
Petition filed by St. Clair County Probate Judge Andrew Weathington seeking to extend hours from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for in-person voting on Election Day in 15 precincts across St. Clair County.
United States of America v. State of Alabama
Lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) against the state of Alabama and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) challenging the state’s voter purge program targeting “noncitizen” voting.
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen
Lawsuit filed by four pro-voting organizations and three naturalized citizens against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) and local election officials in four counties challenging the state’s voter purge program targeting “noncitizen” voting.
Clarke v. Allen
Lawsuit filed by two voters challenging the House Bill 100, which adds 120 new types of felonies to the state’s list of felony convictions that disenfranchises voters.
Braxton v. Stokes
Lawsuit filed on behalf of former mayoral candidate Patrick Braxton and five Black voters against Newbern, Alabama’s mayor, Haywood Stokes, and members of the Newbern Town Council, challenging the town’s policy of appointing a mayor without holding elections in violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and state law.
Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill
Lawsuit filed by Greater Birmingham Ministries against Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) due to his refusal to produce records of voters who were purged.
Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Marshall
Lawsuit filed on behalf of five Alabama civil rights organizations against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) and the district attorneys for several counties challenging several provisions of Senate Bill 1.
Rissling v. Bobo
Lawsuit filed on behalf of four voters who are blind or have a print disability and the National Federation of the Blind of Alabama against absentee election managers for Tuscaloosa, Mobile and Jefferson counties challenging Alabama’s inaccessible absentee voting system for those who are blind or have print disabilities.
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.
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.
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