One such fundamental right, at issue in this case, is the right to vote. Voting
is one of the foundational building blocks of our democratic society, and that the
Constitution firmly protects this right is “indelibly clear.”100 All citizens of the
United States have a constitutionally protected right to vote.101 And all citizens
have a constitutionally protected right to have their votes counted.102
With these background principles firmly rooted, the Court turns to the merits
of Plaintiffs’ equal-protection claims. The general gist of their claims is that
Secretary Boockvar, by failing to prohibit counties from implementing a noticeand-cure policy, and Defendant Counties, by adopting such a policy, have created a
“standardless” system and thus unconstitutionally discriminated against Individual
Plaintiffs. Though Plaintiffs do not articulate why, they also assert that this has
unconstitutionally discriminated against the Trump Campaign.
As discussed above, the Court will address Individual Plaintiffs’ and the
Trump Campaign’s claims separately. Because Individual Plaintiffs premised
standing on the purported wrongful cancellation of their votes, the Court will only
analyze whether Defendants have impermissibly burdened Individual Plaintiffs’
ability to vote. Further, the Court will consider two issues raised by the Trump
Campaign; the first being whether it has stated a valid claim alleging
discrimination relating to its use of poll-watchers, and the second being whether
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101
102
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 554 (1964).
Id. (citing Ex parte Yarbrough, 110 U.S. 651 (1884)).
Id. (citing United States v. Mosley, 238 U.S. 383 (1915)).
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