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Unsuccessful Attempt at Federal Mandamus Relief Against State Election Officials

December 21, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Fox v. Detzner (Mark E. Walker, N.D. Fla. 4:18-cv-529)
A district judge denied as beyond the court’s jurisdiction a federal mandamus action seeking an order requiring state election officials to follow the law. The judge also denied a request for a temporary restraining order because the plaintiffs did not comply with the notice requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Voting technology; matters for state courts; case assignment.

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Multiple Suits After an Election to Relax the Standards for Counting and Recounting Votes

December 21, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Democratic Executive Committee of Florida v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-520), VoteVets Action Fund v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-524), DSCC v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-526), and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-528) (Mark E. Walker and Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla.)

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Clarifying a Voter Registration Deadline Extension Because of a Hurricane

December 21, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Florida Democratic Party v. Detzner (4:18-cv-463) and New Florida Majority Education Fund v. Detzner (4:18-cv-466) (Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla.)

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The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

December 20, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (1:17-cv-1320), ACLU v. Trump (1:17-cv-1351), and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (1:17-cv-1354) (Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, D.D.C.) and Joyner v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (Marcia G. Cooke, S.D. Fla. 1:17-cv-22568)

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Challenges to a Secretary of State’s Election Management

December 20, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

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.)

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Swing-State Recounts in the 2016 Presidential Election

December 3, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Great America PAC v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (James D. Peterson, W.D. Wis. 3:16-cv-795), Stein v. Thomas (Mark A. Goldsmith, E.D. Mich. 2:16-cv-14233), and Stein v. Cortés (Paul S. Diamond, E.D. Pa. 2:16-cv-6287)

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Unsuccessful Injunction Against State Court Proscription on Political Gerrymandering

November 14, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Corman v. Torres (Christopher C. Conner, Kent A. Jordan, and Jerome B. Simandle, M.D. Pa. 1:18-cv-443)
After a state supreme court redrew congressional district lines to remedy excessive partisan gerrymandering, opponents of the new lines sought a federal court injunction against the state court decision. A three-judge district court declined to enjoin the state court’s new lines.
Subject: District lines. Topics: Matters for state courts; malapportionment; three-judge court; intervention; case assignment; removal; attorney fees.

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Electioneering Communications

September 22, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

Hispanic Leadership Fund v. Federal Election Commission (John A. Jarvey, S.D. Iowa 4:12-cv-339) and Hispanic Leadership Fund, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission (T.S. Ellis III, E.D. Va. 1:12-cv-893)

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Proscriptions Against Ballot Selfies

September 5, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan

Hill v. Williams (1:16-cv-2627) and Harlos v. Morrissey (1:16-cv-2649) (Christine M. Arguello, D. Colo.), Silberberg v. Board of Elections (P. Kevin Castel, S.D.N.Y. 1:16-cv-8336), and ACLU of Northern California v. Padilla (William Alsup, N.D. Cal. 3:16-cv-6287)

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Discrepancies Between Ballot Petitions and Ballot Text

July 31, 2018
Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

Martinez v. Monterey County (Jeremy Fogel, N.D. Cal. 5:05-cv-2950)

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