Five Election-Related Legal Cases You Should Know About This Week

The League is at the forefront of the most important federal and state voting rights litigation across the United States. Here’s a list of the top five election-related legal cases you should know about this week. For case summaries, timelines, and additional information regarding our litigation practice, please visit LWV’s Legal Center. For press inquiries, email us at [email protected].   

10/25/24

• Federal: Republican National Committee v. Benson  

The League of Women Voters of Michigan moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a federal lawsuit brought by the RNC seeking to purge the state’s voter rolls for alleged violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). This week, the court granted Secretary Benson’s motion to dismiss, finding that neither the individual plaintiffs nor the RNC have standing to bring the lawsuit. The League's motion to intervene was dismissed as moot. 

• Federal: Eternal Vigilance Action v. SEB  

The Georgia supreme court has denied a stay of the district court’s order blocking seven of the state election board’s rules, including the hand count rule. These anti-voter rules will not be in place for the November election. 

• Federal: Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights v. Beals 

On October 23, 2024, there was a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction in this case challenging Virginia’s illegal purge of voters in August, which was within the NVRA’s 90-day quiet period.

• Federal: United Sovereign Americans v. Nelson 

Lawsuit filed by United Sovereign Americans, Citizens Defending Freedom and candidate for Texas’ 19th Congressional District, Bernard Johnson, against Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson (R), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland challenging the state’s procedures related to voter rolls and its overall voting system. The League of Women Voters of Texas and partner organizations filed a motion to intervene on October 9, 2024, to protect voters from being unlawfully purged from the rolls. 

• Federal: LUPE v. Abbott  

A federal court struck down two provisions of Texas’s SB1 that prohibited compensated canvassers from engaging in voter advocacy near mail-in ballots and assisting voters with their mail-in ballots.  Unfortunately, the district court reconsidered a prior decision and stayed its order until after the election. SB1 will be in effect for the November election.