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No Immediate Relief from Expanded Absentee-Voting Opportunities During an Infectious Pandemic Because of a Delay in Bringing the Case

Robert Timothy Reagan
August 2, 2023

Curtin v. Virginia State Board of Elections (Rossie D. Alston, Jr., E.D. Va. 1:20-cv-546)
Because of the Covid-19 global infectious pandemic, Virginia voters were permitted to vote absentee on account of disability. A suit challenging broad absentee-voting rights as diluting plaintiffs’ voting rights did not result in immediate relief, because the suit was brought about two months after the guidelines became public. After the preliminary-injunction decision, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; Covid-19; laches; primary election; case assignment; recusal; early voting.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Early Voting | Primary Election | Emergency Proceedings | Recusal | Laches | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | E.D. Va.