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Explore the full, up-to-date text of each of the 50 state constitutions. Search within and across states, and use the “Tracking Constitutional Change” feature to see how each state’s constitution has evolved over time.

In recent years, litigation has routinely accompanied elections. To better understand developments in election litigation, we recently completed a survey of election-related lawsuits filed in state and federal courts in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

In a case challenging a Delaware a vote-by-mail statute, the State Democracy Research Initiative argued that the state constitution's commitment to democratic principles counsels in favor of upholding the vote-by-mail statute. The Delaware Supreme Court held that the statute was unconstitutional.

"The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday will hear the appeal of a Chancery Court ruling that overturned the state's vote-by-mail statute, the final arguments in a case that will determine whether Delawareans can vote by mail in the general election in November."