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1 | Year | Case Name | Topic | Holding | Procedural History & Outcome | Status | Link to Past Coverage |
2 | 2017 | Cooper v. Harris | Congressional redistricting (I) | Racial gerrymandering | Struck down by lower court, upheld on appeal by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/22/1664855/-Huge-win-Supreme-Court-upholds-ruling-striking-down-North-Carolina-GOP-s-racist-congressional-map |
3 | 2018 | Rucho v. Common Cause (I) | Congressional redistricting (II) | Partisan gerrymandering | Struck down by lower court, but overturned on appeal by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/12/1731970/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Court-strikes-down-North-Carolina-GOP-s-congressional-gerrymander-yet-again |
4 | 2018 | Rucho v. Common Cause (II) | Congressional redistricting (III) | Partisan gerrymandering | Struck down by lower court, but overturned on appeal by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/31/1792463/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Michigan-college-students-sue-over-GOP-s-thinly-veiled-voter-suppression-law#2 |
5 | 2015 | Dickson v. Rucho | Legislative redistricting (I) | Racial gerrymandering | Upheld by state courts but vacated and remanded for reconsideration by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2015/04/20/scotus-sends-nc-redistricting-case-back-to-state-supreme-court-for-a-do-over/ |
6 | 2017 | Dickson v. Rucho | Legislative redistricting (II) | Racial gerrymandering | Again upheld by state courts but again vacated and remanded for reconsideration by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/2/1667723/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Stubborn-Texas-Republicans-face-potential-redistricting-Armageddon#3 |
7 | 2017 | North Carolina v. Covington (I) | Legislative redistricting (III) | Racial gerrymandering | Struck down by lower court, but special election order reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/9/1661006/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Supreme-Court-strikes-down-North-Carolina-GOP-s-legislative-gerrymanders |
8 | 2018 | North Carolina v. Covington (II) | Legislative redistricting (IV) | Racial gerrymandering | New districts partially struck down by lower court and replaced with special master-drawn districts, which were in turn partially blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/9/1740125/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Pennsylvania-s-GOP-congressional-gerrymander-is-history#4 |
9 | 2018 | Dickson v. Rucho | Legislative redistricting (V) | Racial gerrymandering | State lower court on remand found the districts were unconstitutional but the claims were moot because the maps had already been redrawn in Covington | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/16/1742070/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-GOP-plots-to-destroy-Arizona-s-independent-redistricting-commission-yet-again#3 |
10 | 2019 | North Carolina NAACP v. Lewis | Legislative redistricting (VI) | Mid-decade gerrymandering | Struck down by a lower state court and not appealed | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/26/1874662/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Florida-GOP-just-passed-a-poll-tax-Democratic-prosecutors-are-fighting-back#3 |
11 | 2016 | Raleigh Wake Citizens Association v. Wake County Board of Elections | Wake County (Raleigh) Commission and School Board redistricting | "One person, one vote" violation | Struck down by a federal lower court and not appealed | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/08/09/1558304/-Court-gives-Democrats-a-big-win-against-Republican-gerrymandering-in-North-Carolina |
12 | 2017 | Greensboro v. Guilford County Board of Elections | Greensboro City Council redistricting | "One person, one vote" violation (racial gerrymandering claim consequently deemed unnecessary to decide) | Struck down by a federal lower court and not appealed | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/4/1650071/-Court-deals-another-major-blow-against-gerrymandering-by-North-Carolina-s-Republican-legislators |
13 | 2016 | NAACP v. McCrory | Voter ID (I)/suppression | Racial discrimination | Upheld by lower court, struck down by appellate court, appeal not taken by U.S. Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/19/1663750/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Supreme-Court-won-t-revive-North-Carolina-GOP-s-racist-voter-suppression-law |
14 | 2019 | NAACP v. Moore | Voter ID and income tax cap constitutional amendments | Illegally gerrymandered "usurper" legislature lacked authority to amend constitution | Struck down by a lower state court, stayed by the Court of Appeals pending appeal; state Supreme Court denied expedited appeal | On appeal | https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/2/22/1836956/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Court-says-illegally-gerrymandered-GOP-legislature-can-t-amend-constitution |
15 | 2018 | NAACP v. State Board of Elections | Voter registration purges | System of voter challenges leading to purged registrations violated federal law | Federal district court permanently blocked the state from removing voters without a notice and a waiting period, and purges are not allowed within 90 days before federal elections | Concluded | https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/victory-voting-rights-judge-permanently-blocks-north-carolina-purge-loophole |
16 | 2016 | Faires v. State Board of Elections | Judicial selection (I) | Statutory switch to retention election method violated the state constitution without an amendment | State lower court struck down the law, which the state Supreme Court deadlocked 3-3 over on appeal, letting the ruling stand | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/21/1503751/-How-can-we-fight-Republican-gerrymandering-in-North-Carolina-Retake-the-state-Supreme-Court-in-2016 |
17 | 2018 | Anglin v. State Board of Elections and Edwards v. State Board of Elections | State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals elections | Retroactively stripping candidates of party affiliation was illegal | Blocked by a state lower court and appeal not taken up by state Court of Appeals | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/31/1792463/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Michigan-college-students-sue-over-GOP-s-thinly-veiled-voter-suppression-law#4 |
18 | 2018 | Poindexter v. Strach | 2018 election ballot access | Retroactively blocking Constitution Party candidates from the ballot was illegal | State lower court issued a preliminary injunction, which wasn't appealed | Concluded | http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/08/22/a-handy-guide-to-ongoing-ballot-litigation-in-north-carolina/ |
19 | 2017 | Cooper v. Berger (I) | Elections Board (I) / Executive branch appointments | Separation of powers violation | Struck down by a lower state court and not appealed | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/03/25/1646961/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Following-GOP-veto-Nevadans-to-vote-on-automatic-voter-registration-in-2018#6 |
20 | 2018 | Cooper v. Berger (II) | Elections Board (II) | Separation of powers violation | Upheld by a lower state court but struck down by the state Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/2/1738260/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-North-Carolina-Supreme-Court-strikes-down-GOP-s-elections-board-power-grab |
21 | 2018 | Cooper v. Berger (III) | Elections Board (III) | Separation of powers violation | Struck down by a lower state court and not appealed | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/19/1805698/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Native-American-activists-help-raise-500-000-to-get-North-Dakotans-voter-IDs#5 |
22 | 2018 | Cooper v. Berger (IV) | Elections Board (IV) / Judicial selection (II) constitutional amendments | Deceptive ballot language | State lower court issued preliminary injunction, then the amendments were partially rewritten and declined to be blocked by the lower court and state Supreme Court | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/31/1792463/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Michigan-college-students-sue-over-GOP-s-thinly-veiled-voter-suppression-law#4 |
23 | 2019 | Common Cause v. Lewis | Legislative redistricting (VII) | Partisan gerrymandering | Struck down in state court, which approved the legislature's remedial maps | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/22/1901073/-Morning-Digest-Decade-s-third-gerrymander-maintains-North-Carolina-GOP-s-big-edge-in-legislature |
24 | 2019 | Harper v. Lewis | Congressional redistricting (IV) | Partisan gerrymandering | State lower court issued a preliminary injunction, which wasn't appealed, and the map was redrawn | Concluded | https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/12/3/1903116/-Morning-Digest-Court-won-t-block-GOP-s-new-North-Carolina-House-map-in-a-setback-for-fair-elections |
25 | 2019 | Alexander v. State Board of Elections | Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) trial court redistricting | Racial gerrymandering | Defendants agreed to a consent order to reverse their gerrymander for 2020 while the case proceeds; defendants later repealed the law | Pending at trial court | https://www.apnews.com/1c4986a516544c118e5b887157b82422 |
26 | 2019 | NCAAP v. Cooper | Voter ID (II) | Racial discrimination | Federal district court temporarily blocked the voter ID requirement ahead of an upcoming trial | Pending at trial court | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/3/1909296/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Missouri-GOP-vows-to-try-to-gut-a-voter-approved-redistricting-reform-in-2020#5 |
27 | 2018 | Bouvier v. Porter (TBD) | Voter fraud accusations | Defamation lawsuit may proceed against former Gov. Pat McCrory's 2016 campaign allies for false accusations of felony voter fraud | State lower court allowed the case to proceed to discovery, case still pending | Pending at trial court | https://apnews.com/903edf778faf4e3bbf9a48543f1877d3 |
28 | 2019 | Holmes v. Moore (TBD) | Voter ID (III) | Violates state constitution due to racial discrimination and burdens on voting rights and free speech | State Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling and temporarily blocked the voter ID law while the case proceeds on the merits | Pending at trial court | https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/21/1921045/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Kentucky-GOP-moves-to-strip-Democratic-governor-of-his-power-after-election#7 |