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Last Updated: September 14, 2020 at 9:52 PM

Daunt v. Benson

Case Information

Date Filed: June 9, 2020
State: Michigan
Issue: Voter Fraud
Current Court: U.S. District Court District for the Western District of Michigan (Case 1:20-cv-00522)

Issue:

Plaintiff is alleging under the NVRA that there are voters improperly included across multiple counties in Michigan and asserts that a verification of the voter rolls is required. 

Status:

Complaint filed 6/9/20. 

U.S. District Court Documents

  • Complaint pdf file (6/9/20)
  • Proposed Intervenors A. Philip Randolph Institute and Rise Inc.'s Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene pdf file (9/11/20)

    • Commentary

    Edward B. Foley

    Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test

    Edward B. Foley

    A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.

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    In the News

    Daniel P. Tokaji

    This is why US election ballots routinely go missing

    Professor Dan Tokaji was quoted in USA Today about the prevalence of missing election ballots.

     

    "Most of the time, it just goes unreported because it doesn't affect the result," Tokaji said. 


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    Info & Analysis

    Supreme Court Finds Partisan Gerrymandering Claims to be Non-Justiciable Political Questions

    In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday determining that claims of partisan gerrymandering are political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. The opinion resolved disputes originating in North Carolina and Maryland, in the cases of Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek.

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