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Power Coalition for Equity and Justice v. Edwards

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction

55 Cited authorities

  1. Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc.

    555 U.S. 7 (2008)   Cited 16,714 times   56 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff must establish "that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm"

  2. Elrod v. Burns

    427 U.S. 347 (1976)   Cited 4,211 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation

  3. Burdick v. Takushi

    504 U.S. 428 (1992)   Cited 1,258 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Hawaii's prohibition on write-in voting did not violate the challengers' freedoms of expression and association

  4. Taylor v. Louisiana

    419 U.S. 522 (1975)   Cited 2,228 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional a state statute that excluded women from jury service unless they had previously filed written declaration indicating their desire to serve

  5. Anderson v. Celebrezze

    460 U.S. 780 (1983)   Cited 1,510 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Ohio statute requiring independent candidates to file statements of candidacy by March to appear on November ballot was unconstitutional

  6. Reynolds v. Sims

    377 U.S. 533 (1964)   Cited 2,827 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis"

  7. Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

    553 U.S. 181 (2008)   Cited 459 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a photo identification requirement imposed "a limited burden"

  8. Norman v. Reed

    502 U.S. 279 (1992)   Cited 428 times
    Holding in the election law context that a challenge to the petitioners’ ability to appear on the 1990 ballot under the Harold Washington Party name was not moot even though the 1990 election had passed because "[t]here would be every reason to expect the same parties to generate a similar, future controversy subject to identical time constraints"

  9. Pashby v. Delia

    709 F.3d 307 (4th Cir. 2013)   Cited 509 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is only ripe when it involves a formalized administrative decision

  10. League of Women Voters of N.C. v. North Carolina

    769 F.3d 224 (4th Cir. 2014)   Cited 316 times
    Holding that a suit filed on the same day the challenged bill was signed into law was a request for prohibitory relief even though an injunction would require the state to continue offering certain services

  11. Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 65   Cited 22,318 times   87 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice

  12. Section 6.87 - Absent voting procedure

    Wis. Stat. § 6.87   Cited 22 times

    (1) Upon proper request made within the period prescribed in s. 6.86, the municipal clerk or a deputy clerk authorized by the municipal clerk shall write on the official ballot, in the space for official endorsement, the clerk's initials and official title. Unless application is made in person under s. 6.86(1) (ar), the absent elector is exempted from providing proof of identification under sub. (4) (b) 2. or 3., or the applicant is a military or overseas elector, the absent elector shall enclose

  13. Section 163-231 - Voting absentee ballots and transmitting them to the county board of elections

    N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-231   Cited 15 times
    Allowing only family members or guardians to personally deliver an absentee ballot

  14. Section 18:1303 - Persons entitled to vote in compliance with this Chapter

    La. Stat. tit. 18 § 1303   Cited 10 times

    A. In person. Any person who is qualified to vote may vote during the early voting period at a place designated by the registrar as provided in R.S. 18:1309. B. By mail. The following persons, otherwise qualified to vote, who expect to be out of the parish on election day, may vote absentee by mail upon meeting the requirements of this Chapter: (1) A member of the United States Service, as defined in R.S. 18:1302, and his spouse and dependents. (2) A student, instructor, or professor in an institution

  15. Section 23-15-627 - Distribution of absentee ballot application by registrar; request for absentee ballot application; form of application

    Miss. Code § 23-15-627   Cited 8 times

    Any elector described in Section 23-15-713 may request an absentee ballot application and vote in person at the office of the registrar in the county in which he or she resides. The registrar shall be responsible for furnishing an absentee ballot application form to any elector authorized to receive an absentee ballot. Except as otherwise provided in Section 23-15-625, absentee ballot applications shall be furnished to a person only upon the oral or written request of the elector who seeks to vote

  16. Section 18:1313 - Tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

    La. Stat. tit. 18 § 1313   Cited 7 times

    A. The parish board of election supervisors may conduct the tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots in accordance with this Section. The parish board shall notify the secretary of state in writing no later than five days prior to a primary or general election that the tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots will be conducted pursuant to this Section or pursuant to R.S. 18:1313.1. B. The parish board of election supervisors shall be responsible

  17. Section 18:1306 - Preparation and distribution of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

    La. Stat. tit. 18 § 1306   Cited 7 times

    A. (1) The secretary of state shall prepare absentee by mail and early voting ballots. The size and weight of paper, size and type of print, and other matters pertaining to absentee by mail and early voting ballots shall be determined by the secretary of state, subject to approval as to content by the attorney general. All ballots and paraphernalia of the same kind shall be identical as to size and weight of paper, size, type, and color of print, and other matters, except for ballots transmitted

  18. Section 17-11-3 - Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official list

    Ala. Code § 17-11-3   Cited 6 times
    Listing nine categories

  19. Section 14-108 - Return of ballots - Witnessing of affidavit

    Okla. Stat. tit. 26 § 14-108   Cited 3 times

    A. The voter shall be required to mark the ballot in ink or other manner as prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board; seal the ballots in the plain opaque envelope; fill out completely and sign the affidavit, such signature to be notarized at no charge by a notary public; seal the plain opaque envelope inside the envelope bearing the affidavit and return both envelopes, sealed inside the return envelope, by hand delivery, United States mail or by a private mail service, provided such

  20. Section 115.279 - Application for absentee ballot, how made - procedure

    Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.279   Cited 3 times

    1. Application for an absentee ballot may be made by the applicant in person, or by mail, or for the applicant, in person, by his or her guardian or a relative within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity. The election authority shall accept applications by facsimile transmission and by electronic mail within the limits of its telecommunications capacity. 2. Notwithstanding section 115.284, no individual, group, or party shall solicit a voter into obtaining an absentee ballot application