Elections & Voting
3 cases in this category
Malliotakis v. Williams
The Supreme Court granted emergency stays in Malliotakis v. Williams, blocking a New York state trial court order related to redistricting. Justice Alito, concurring, described the lower court order as one that "blatantly discriminates on the basis of race," finding that the New York court had improperly required race-based redistricting of congressional districts.
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections
The Supreme Court decided Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, a case about whether states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. Illinois law allows election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within two weeks afterward. Congressman Michael Bost and two other candidates sued, claiming this practice violates federal statutes that set Election Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Trump v. Anderson
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states cannot remove presidential candidates from the ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Colorado had tried to keep former President Trump off the primary ballot, arguing he engaged in insurrection on January 6th. The Court said only Congress, not individual states, has the power to enforce this provision against federal officeholders.