LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN v. PATE

No. 20-1249.

950 N.W.2d 204 (2020)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS OF IOWA and Majority Forward, Appellants, v. Iowa Secretary of State Paul PATE, in His Official Capacity, Appellee. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Republican, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and Republican Party of Iowa, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed October 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Dickey and Jamie Lynn Hunter of Dickey, Campbell & Sahag Law Firm, P.L.C., and Marc E. Elias and Christopher J. Bryant , Washington, DC; Kevin J. Hamilton , Amanda J. Beane and Nitika Arora , Seattle, WA; and Jessica R. Frenkel , Denver, CO., for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General, and Thomas J. Ogden and Matthew L. Gannon , Assistant Attorneys General.

Alan R. Ostergren , Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee.

Rita Bettis Austen of ACLU of Iowa Foundation, Des Moines, and Andrew M. Golodny , Elizabeth C. Arkell , and Wendy L. Wysong , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, and Celina Stewart , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae League of Women Voters of Iowa.


The plaintiffs seek an expedited temporary injunction to block enforcement of a state election law. The law regulates how county auditors respond when they receive a defective absentee ballot request that contains incorrect statutorily required identification information or that omits statutorily required identification information.

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