Iowa Covid Legal Information
We drew these resources principally from Justin Levitt's list of COVID-19 election cases, Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, and the National Center for State Legislatures' COVID-19 and 2020 Primary Elections page.
Litigation Tracker
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League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa v. Pate
Topics
Vote by Mail
Status
Pending
Date Filed
14/07/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Johnson County
Description
Challenge to procedural change in processing absentee ballot requests.
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Bertrand v. Woodbury County
Topics
Early Voting
Status
Injunction Granted in Part 5/1/20
Date Filed
16/04/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Woodbury County
Description
Objecting to the limited number of polling places open for June primary.
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Republican National Convention v. Miller
Status
Temporary Restraining Order Granted 8/27/20
Date Filed
10/08/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Linn County
Description
Objecting to mailing forms with prepopulated fields in violation of the Secretary of State's emergency directive ordering blank forms.
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Republican National Convention v. Weipert
Topics
Vote by Mail
Status
Pending
Date Filed
10/08/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Johnson County
Description
Objecting to mailing forms with prepopulated fields in violation of the Secretary of State's emergency directive ordering blank forms.
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Republican National Convention v. Gill
Topics
Vote by Mail
Status
Temporary Restraining Order Granted 8/28/20
Date Filed
14/08/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Woodbury County
Description
Objecting to mailing forms with prepopulated fields in violation of the Secretary of State's emergency directive ordering blank forms.
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DSCC v. Pate I, No. XX
Topics
Vote by Mail
Status
Pending
Date Filed
31/08/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Polk County
Description
Seeking stay and set aside of the 7/17/20 Secretary of State Emergency Directive; challenging legality of directive as an agency action; alleging that Iowa Code does not give Secretary of State the power to issue immediately binding and legally enforceable election-related orders.
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DSCC v. Pate II, No. XX
Topics
Vote by Mail
Status
Pending
Date Filed
31/08/2020
Court
Iowa District Court, Polk County
Description
Arguing that the Secretary of State lacked the state constitutional authority to issue a directive changing election procedures in light of COVID-19.
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Executive Actions
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Secretary Pate to Mail Absentee Ballot Request Form to Every Registered Voter
Topics
Absentee Voting; Deadlines
Date Filed
31/03/2020
Description
Iowa will mail all registered voters an absentee ballot request form for their upcoming primary and extend the absentee voting period to 40 days.
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