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This database is updated monthly, although individual cases may be updated more frequently. Last updated comprehensively with cases decided through January 2026.
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Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court denied petition seeking to halt use of the state's new congressional map while consolidated challenges to the map under the state's Fair Districts Amendment proceed. An appellate court is reviewing a trial court's denial of a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have allowed the state's congressional districts to be redrawn, finding the legislative process used for the amendment violated the state constitution
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In re Ballot Title Nos. 241, 242, 328; In re Ballot Title No. 240; In re Ballot Title No. 327
Colorado Supreme Court held that redistricting plans in five proposed initiatives could not proceed to the ballot, finding they violated the single-subject requirement
Transparent Election Initiative v. Knudsen
Ruled that a proposed ballot issue, which would amend Montana Constitution to define constitutional rights, powers, and privileges held by an “artificial person,” violated the Montana Constitution's separate-vote requirement
Walsh v. City of Orono
Ruled that a city did not unconstitutionally divest a mayor-appointed city council candidate of her seat when it applied a special election ordinance to fill a vacancy that occurred before the ordinance was enacted
Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord
Wisconsin Supreme Court held there is no legal right to disclosure of the notices to election officials when a person is declared incompetent to vote by a court, under the state's public records law
Pineau v. Attorney General
Massachusetts high court allowed to advance a ballot measure that would end the sale of recreational marijuana in the state, rejecting single-subject and takings claims
Common Cause v. Evnen
Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the secretary of state's release of voter registration data in response to a U.S. Department of Justice request, which the court had previously declined to block, rendered moot a challenge to the secretary's authority
Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court denied petition seeking to halt use of the state's new congressional map while consolidated challenges to the map under the state's Fair Districts Amendment proceed. An appellate court is reviewing a trial court's denial of a temporary injunction
Brooks v. Reynolds
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider the state constitutionality of a proposed initiative that would phased out property taxes for owners' primary residences
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
