2020 Presidential Election Lawsuits Related to Election Integrity (Public Version 1-24-21, rev a) Trump as Plaintiff: Date Illegal Voting Evidence Date of Last State Issue(s) Disposition Ruling Favored Status Case Name and Number Filed Alleged * Argued ** Order Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Restriction on Assistance or Collection of Mail Ballots for Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Boockvar, No. 2:20-cv-00966 (W.D. Pa.) 6/29/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 10/10/20 Active Return; Notice/Cure for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes; Witness and/or Notary Requirement; Failure to Include ID/Doc.) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske, No. 2:20-cv-01445 (D. Nev.) 8/4/20 YES NO Nevada Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 9/18/20 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Trump v. Way, Case 3:20-cv-10753-MAS-ZNQ 8/18/20 NO NO New Jersey Illegal extension of election deadline TBD TBD 10/6/20 Active Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue; Claim Donald J. Trump for President v. Murphy, No. 3:20-cv-10753 (D.N.J.) 8/19/20 YES NO New Jersey that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 10/22/20 Closed Dilution) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Donald J. Trump for President et al v. Bullock et al, No. 6:20-cv-00066 (D. Mont.) 9/2/20 YES NO Montana Dismissed - Lacked Timeliness Election Administrators 9/30/20 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Philadelphia Cnty. Bd. of Elections, No. 10/1/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Poll observers at early voting locations Dismissed - No statutory basis Election Administrators 10/9/20 Closed 200902035 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Philadelphia Cnty., No. 983 CD 2020 (Pa. 10/15/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Poll observers at early voting locations Dismissed - No statutory basis Election Administrators 10/23/20 Closed Commw. Ct.) Vote-by-Mail (Mail Voting Deadlines [for Applying, Granted Injunction. Sequestration of late Donald J. Trump for President v. Simon, No. A20-1362 (Minn. Sup. Ct.) 10/28/20 YES NO Minnesota Trump/GOP 10/29/20 Closed Receiving, Postmark]) ballots In-Person Voting COVID Concern (Voting Hours; Donald J. Trump for President v. Gloria, No. A-20-824153-C (Nev. Dist. Ct.) 11/3/20 YES NO Nevada Granted. Extended poll hours. Trump/GOP 11/3/20 Closed Suspension of In-Person Voting) In Re: Canvassing Observation, No. 7003 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia 11/3/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Denied - Poll observer access Election Administrators 11/3/20 Active Cnty.) Vote-by-Mail (Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations; Donald J. Trump for President v. Benson, No. 20-000225-MZ (Mich. Ct. Claims) 11/4/20 YES NO Michigan Dismissed - Lacked Timeliness Election Administrators 11/5/20 Closed Poll Observer Access) Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue; Claim Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Kathy Boockvar, et al., No. 602 MD 2020 (Pa. Granted Injunction. Late ballots without 11/4/20 YES NO Pennsylvania that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Trump/GOP 11/12/20 Closed Comm. Ct.) ID not counted. Dilution) In re Enforcement of Election Laws and Securing Ballots Cast or Received After Sequestration of Absentee Ballots submitted Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/4/20 YES NO Georgia Election Administrators 11/5/20 Closed 7:00 P.M. on November 3, 2020, No. SPCV20-00982 (Ga. Super. Civil) after Election Day Code (sequestration of late ballots) In Re: Canvassing Observation, No. 1094 CD 2020 (Penn. Commonw. Ct.) 11/4/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Appeal Granted - Poll observer access Trump/GOP 11/5/20 Active Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Philadelphia Cnty. Bd. of Elections, No. 2:20-cv- Dismissed per agreement of both 11/5/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Poll observers at early voting locations Defendant 11/5/20 Closed 05533-PD (E.D. Pa.) parties. Dismissed - Interpretation of Election Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Montgomery County Bd. of Elections... 11/5/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Failure to Enforce VBM Standards Election Administrators 11/13/20 Closed Code Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Hobbs, No. CV2020-014248 11/7/20 YES NO Arizona Cancelled votes Dismissed - Moot Election Administrators 11/16/20 Closed Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Boockvar, No. 4:20-cv-02078 (M.D. Pa.) 11/9/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Dismissed - Lack Standing Defendant 11/21/20 Active Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Observer Access) Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Bucks County Bd. of Elections, No. 20-05786- 11/9/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Dismissed - No statutory basis Election Administrators 11/19/20 Closed 35 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Bucks County) In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020 General Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Election Administrators 11/13/20 Active Election, No. 20110894 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Code (signature match) Vote-by-Mail (Mail Voting Deadlines (for In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020 General Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Applying, Receiving, Postmark); Other Vote-by- Election Administrators 11/13/20 Closed Election, No. 20110895 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) Code (did not date signature) Mail Issue) In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020 General Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards) Election Administrators 11/13/20 Closed Election, No. 20110896 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) Code (voter did not print name) In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020 General Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Election Administrators 11/13/20 Closed Election, No. 20110897 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) Code (voter did not include address) Dismissed - Interpretation of Election In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020 General 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Code (voter did not print name nor Election Administrators 11/13/20 Closed Election, No. 20110898 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas, Philadelphia County) include street address) Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Bucks County Bd. of Elections, No. 676 MAL Dismissed - Interpretation of Election 11/21/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Election Administrators 12/8/20 Closed 2020 (No. 174 MM 2020) Code (pre-canvassing) Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Other Vote- Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Benson, No. 1:20-cv-01083 (W.D. Mich.) 11/11/20 YES NO Michigan Dismissed - Voluntarily. Defendant 11/19/20 Closed by-Mail Issue) Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Bucks County Bd. of Elections, No. 1191 C.D. 11/20/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Dismissed - Mutual agreement Defendant 11/25/20 Closed 2020 Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Boockvar, No. 20-3371 (3rd Cir.) 11/22/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Dismissed - Laches Election Administrators 11/27/20 Active Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Observer Access) Appellants seek review of the district court for Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar, No. 20-3371 11/23/20 YES NO Pennsylvania alleged abuse of discretion in denying their Appeal Denied - Moot Election Administrators 11/23/20 Active Motion to Amend … Vote-by-Mail (Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations; Donald J. Trump for President v. Benson, No. 355378 (Mich. Ct. Appeals) 11/30/20 YES NO Michigan Dismissed - Lacked Timeliness Election Administrators 12/4/20 Closed Poll Observer Access) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Trump v. Evers, No. 2020AP1971-OA (Wis. Sup. Ct.) 12/1/20 YES NO Wisconsin Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Notice/Cure for Dismissed: Venue NA 12/3/20 Closed Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commissions, No. 2:20-cv-01785 (E.D. Wis.) 12/2/20 YES NO Wisconsin Denied: Moot; Statutes not violated. Election Administrators 12/12/20 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Trump v. Biden, No. 2020CV007092 (Wis. Super. Ct., Milwaukee County) 12/3/20 NO NO Wisconsin Recount Court affirmed recount. Election Administrators 12/11/20 Active Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Trump v. Raffensperger, No. 2020CV343255 (Ga. Ct., Fulton County) 12/4/20 YES NO Georgia Voluntarily Dismissed TBD 1/7/21 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Vote-by-Mail (Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations; Donald J. Trump for President v. Benson, No. 162320 (Mich. Sup. Ct.) 12/7/20 YES NO Michigan Dismissed - Denial of Appeal Election Administrators 12/11/20 Closed Poll Observer Access) Trump v. Biden, No. 2020AP2038 (Wis. Sup. Ct.) 12/11/20 YES NO Wisconsin Illegal Ballots Cast Denied: Laches; Statutes not violated Election Administrators 12/14/20 Active Trump v. Raffensperger, No. S21M0561 (Ga. Sup. Ct.) 12/11/20 YES NO Georgia Authority To Act (Other) Dismissed: Venue NA 12/12/20 Closed Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commissions, No. 20-3414 (7th Cir.) 12/12/20 YES NO Wisconsin Authority To Act (Electors Clause) Denied: Laches; Statutes not violated Election Administrators 12/24/20 Closed Trump v. Toulouse Oliver, No. 1:20-cv-01289 (D.N.M.) 12/14/20 YES NO New Mexico Vote-by-Mail (Drop Boxes/Drop Off Locations) TBD TBD Active Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Signature Trump v. Boockvar, No. 20- (Sup. Ct.) 12/20/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Verification Standards; Notice/Cure for TBD TBD 12/20/20 Active Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Signature Trump v. Boockvar, No. 30 EAP 2020 (Sup. Ct.) 12/20/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Verification Standards; Notice/Cure for TBD TBD 1/11/21 Active Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Signature Trump v. Boockvar, Nos. 31 EAP 2020, 32 EAP 2020, 33 EAP 2020, 34 EAP 2020, 12/20/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Verification Standards; Notice/Cure for TBD TBD 12/20/20 Active 35 EAP 2020, 29 WAP 2020 (Sup. Ct.) Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Trump v. Biden, No. 20-882 (Sup. Ct.) 12/29/20 NO NO Wisconsin Recount Denied Motion to Expedite Election Administrators 1/11/21 Active Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commissions, No. 20-883 (Sup. Ct.) 12/30/20 YES NO Wisconsin Authority To Act (Electors Clause) Election Administrators 1/11/21 Closed Trump v. Kemp, 1:20-cv-05310-MHC (N.D. Ga.) 12/31/20 YES NO Georgia Authority To Act (Electors Clause) Dismissed - Standing Election Administrators 1/5/21 Closed Trump as Plaintiff Subtotals = 45 42 0 Trump as Plaintiff: Active = 15 Election Integrity Cases where Trump was not Plaintiff: Date Illegal Voting Evidence Date of Last State Issue(s) Disposition Ruling Favored Status Case Name and Number Filed Alleged * Argued ** Order Plaintiffs oppose relaxation of voting People First of Alabama v. Merrill, Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK 5/1/20 NO NO Alabama TBD TBD requirements due to COVID-19 Davis v. Benson, No. 20-000099-MM (Mich. Ct. Claims) 5/28/20 YES NO Michigan Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 8/25/20 Closed Michigan Alliance for Retired Voters v. Benson 6/2/20 YES NO Michigan Illegal extension of voting deadline TBD TBD 10/19/20 Active Daunt v. Benson, Case 1:20-cv-00522-RJJ-RSK 6/9/20 YES NO Michigan Clean-up, purge voter rolls TBD TBD 9/11/20 Active Plaintiffs oppose relaxation of voting Moore v. Circosta 8/10/20 NO NO North Carolina TBD TBD 10/29/20 Active requirements due to COVID-19 Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards; RNC v. Weipert, No. 06521 CVCV081957 (Iowa Dist. Ct., Johnson County) 8/10/20 YES NO Iowa Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Corrective Action Ordered Trump/GOP 9/12/20 Closed Vote Dilution; Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to RNC v. Gill, No. 03971 EQCV193154 (Iowa Dist. Ct., Woodbury County) 8/14/20 YES NO Iowa Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Notice/Cure for Injunction Granted Trump/GOP 8/28/20 Active Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Carson v. Simon, CASE 0:20-cv-02030-NEB-TNL 9/22/20 NO NO Minnesota Voting Deadline Extension TBD TBD 10/29/20 Active Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Monmouth Cnty. Republican Comm. v. Way, No. MON-L-003019-20 (N.J. Super. 9/24/20 YES NO New Jersey Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Mail Voting Deadlines Consolidated Election Administrators 10/5/20 Closed Ct., Monmouth Cnty.), No. 3:20-cv-13914 (D.N.J.) [for Applying, Receiving, Postmark]) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Mail Voting Deadlines [for Applying, Receiving, Postmark]; Notice/Cure Wise v. N.C. State Bd. of Elections, No. 5:20-cv-00505 (E.D.N.C.) 9/26/20 YES NO North Carolina Denied: Standing Election Administrators 10/3/20 Closed for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes; Postage Requirement, Witness and/or Notary Requirement) Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, Case: 20-16932, 10/13/2020, ID: 11857294 9/30/20 YES NO Arizona Illegal extension of voting deadline TBD TBD 10/13/20 Active Judicial Watch v Griswold, Case 1:20-cv-02992-PAB-KMT 10/5/20 YES NO Colorado Bloated Voter Rolls Pending TBD 1/14/21 Active Wise v. NC State Bd. of Elections, No. 20-2063 (4th Cir.) 10/16/20 YES NO North Carolina Extension of voting deadlines Denied: Standing Election Administrators 10/20/20 Closed Vote-by-Mail (Mail Voting Deadlines [for Applying, Republican Party of Pa v. Boockvar, Sec. of Pa, Et Al., 592 U.S. __ (S. Ct.) 10/19/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Stay Granted Trump/GOP 11/6/20 Closed Receiving, Postmark]) Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Signature Kraus v. Cegavske, No. 20 OC 00142 1B (Nev. Dist. Ct., Carson City) 10/23/20 YES NO Nevada Verification Standards; Notice/Cure for Dismissed - Standing Election Administrators 10/29/20 Closed Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Hotze v. Hollins 10/27/20 YES NO Texas Drive through voting TBD TBD 10/27/20 Active Nev. Republican Central Comm. v. Clark Cnty., No. A-20-8238210W (Nev. Dist. Ct., 10/27/20 YES NO Nevada Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Granted: Discovery for materials. Trump/GOP 11/2/20 Active Clark Cnty.) Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access; Signature Kraus v. Cegavske, No. 82018 (Nev. Sup. Ct.) 11/3/20 YES NO Nevada Verification Standards; Notice/Cure for Dismissed - Standing Election Administrators 11/10/20 Closed Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) Pierson v. Stepien, No. 1:20-cv-09266 (S.D.N.Y.) 11/4/20 NO NO New York Recount procedures Closed: Administrative Election Administrators 11/13/20 Active Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards; Pirkle v. Wolf, No. 4:20-cv-02088-MWB (M.D. Penn.) 11/10/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Voluntarily Dismissed: Consolidated NA 11/16/20 Closed Poll Observer Access) Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Bally v. Whitmer, No. 1:20-cv-1088 (W.D. Mich) 11/11/20 YES NO Michigan Voluntarily Dismissed (withdrawn) Defendant 11/16/20 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution; Observer Access) Challenge to Voting Machinery/Hardware/ Denied: Voting machine irregularities. Law v. Whitmer, No. 10 OC 00163 1B (Nev. Dist. Ct., Carson City) 11/17/20 YES NO Nevada Election Administrators 12/4/20 Closed Software: Accepting Invalid Signatures Discovery opposed and not granted Mail In Ballots: Failure to write name, address, Ziccarelli v. Allegheny County Board of Elections, No. 29 WAP 2020 11/20/20 YES NO Pennsylvania Denied: Did not violate statutes Election Administrators 11/23/20 Closed and date on outer envelope Wisconsin Voters Alliance vs. Wisconsin Election Commissions 11/23/20 NO NO Wisconsin Private Funding for Local Election Authorities TBD TBD Active Vote by Mail (Ballot harvesting; signature Kistner v. Simon 11/24/20 YES NO Minnesota Dismissed - Venue Election Administrators 12/4/20 Closed matching; etc.) Coreco Ja'Qan Pearson, et al v. Kemp, USCA11 Case: 20-14480 11/25/20 YES NO Georgia Vote manipulation; voter fraud Withdrawn: Moot Election Administrators Closed King v. Whitmer, No. 2:20-cv-13134-LVP-RSW (E.D. Mich.) 11/25/20 YES NO Michigan Vote-by-Mail (Poll Observer Access) Dismissed - Moot/Laches Election Administrators 12/7/20 Closed Johnson v. Benson, No. 162286 (Mich. Sup. Ct.) 11/26/20 YES NO Michigan Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Dismissed - Moot/Standing Election Administrators 12/9/20 Closed Vote-by-Mail (Failure to Include Feehan v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2:20-cv-1771 (E.D. Wis.) 12/1/20 YES NO Wisconsin Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 12/9/20 Closed ID/Documentation) Wood v. Raffensberger, 12/1/20 YES NO Georgia Voting anomalies Denied: Venue TBD 10/20/20 Active Authority To Act (Elections Clause; Electors Bowyer v. Ducey, No. 2:20-cv-02321-DJH (D. Ariz.) 12/2/20 YES NO Arizona Dismissed - Lack Standing Election Administrators 12/9/20 Active Clause) Texas v. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia 12/7/20 NO NO Various Violations of State Election Laws Dismissed: Standing Election Administrators Closed Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Still v. Raffensperger, No. 2020CV343711 (Ga. Super. Ct., Fulton Cnty.) 12/12/20 YES NO Georgia Voluntarily Dismissed: Consolidated NA 1/7/21 Closed Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Favorito v. Cooney 12/28/20 YES NO Georgia Improper Ballot Counting TBD TBD 12/28/02 Active Trump not Plaintiff Subtotals = 34 28 0 Trump not Plaintiff: Active = 14 Trump as Defendant: Date Illegal Voting Evidence Date of Last State Issue(s) Disposition Ruling Favored Status Case Name and Number Filed Alleged * Argued ** Order New York v. Trump, No. 1:20-cv-02340 (D.D.C.) 8/25/20 YES NO DC Vote-by-Mail (US Postal Service) Injunction Granted Election Administrators 9/27/20 Closed Ohio Democratic Party v. LaRose, No. 20AP428 (Ohio Ct. App.) 9/16/20 YES NO Ohio Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) TBD TBD 9/29/20 Active # of Illegal Voting Evidence Active For All 2020 Presidential Election Cases Cases Alleged * Argued ** Status Grand Totals = 81 72 0 30 References: *Illegal Voting Alleged includes: a) voter improprieties (e.g. non-citizens voting, non-registered citizens voting, deceased parties voting, registered voters voting twice, Stanford Healthy Elections Tracker etc.) and/or b) process illegalities (officials correcting ballot errors, etc.) and/or c) voting machine irregularities (e.g. an algorithm changing the actual results, etc.). Scotusblog Election Litigation Tracker Wikipedia Pre-election 2020 Election Lawsuits **Evidence Argued means that: a) the Plaintiff was able to present ALL of their empirical evidence related to voting malfeasance, impropriety, etc. Wikipedia Post-election 2020 Election Lawsuits and b) the judge authorized an independent investigation to verify the accuracy of the claimed voting malfeasance, impropriety, etc. Democracy Docket Election Lawsuits Business Insider Election Lawsuits For any question, suggestions or improvements, please email John Droz, jr. Note: since several lawsuits were based on new election regulations (e.g. pertaining to absentee ballots), reportedly due to COVID-19 concerns, this is a list of such changes (by state): here.
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