Voting Rights
Ayota v. Fall
On October 31, 2024, just five days before the November 5 General Election, Cobb County announced that it had failed to send more than 3,000 absentee ballots to Cobb County voters who had timely requested them. Many of these voters are at school hundreds of miles away or have disabilities that make it all but impossible to vote in person. The 老澳门开奖结果 and co-counsel sued on behalf of affected voters to ensure that they would not be disenfranchised because of the County's administrative error.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Republican National Committee v. Genser
Voters in Butler County, Pennsylvania made a mistake in voting their mail ballots in the April 2024 primary election, forgetting to use the required secrecy envelope. Because their mail ballots could not be counted, they went to the polls in Election Day and voted provisional ballots. The County later determined that it would not count their provisional ballots, and the voter鈥檚 appealed, arguing that Pennsylvania law requires that when an eligible voter attempts to vote by mail but the mail ballot is rendered void due to some defect like lacking a secrecy envelope, the eligible voter may cast a provisional ballot and have that ballot counted notwithstanding the failed attempt to vote by mail.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters鈥 rights to have their votes count.
Texas
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Texas has growing Hispanic and Black populations that helped propel record voter turnout in the November 2020 election. The Texas Legislature responded to this increased civic participation with an omnibus election bill titled Senate Bill 1鈥擲B 1 for short鈥攖hat targeted election practices that made voting more accessible to traditionally marginalized voters like voters of color, voters with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency. Since 2021, SB 1 has resulted in tens of thousands of lawful votes being rejected, and it remains a threat to democracy in Texas.
Michigan
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan v. Froman
Michigan requires boards of county canvassers to certify the results of an election within 14 days after the election based on the total number of votes reported from each location. The law doesn't allow them to withhold certification. Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers member, Robert Froman, has made clear that he would decline to certify the November 2024 election under certain circumstances. This lawsuit asks the state's courts to make clear that Mr. Froman is duty bound to certify the election based on the number of votes reported.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Callais v. Landry
Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
Ohio
Jul 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
In Ohio, HB 458 makes it a felony for any person who is not an election official or mail carrier to return an absentee voter's ballot鈥攊ncluding voters with disabilities鈥攗nless the person assisting falls within an unduly narrow list of relatives. We are challenging the law because it violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it exceedingly difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots.
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Tennessee
Dec 2021
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Hargett
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee, Campaign Legal Center, and Fair Elections Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Tennessee law that imposes substantial penalties on groups that foster political participation via voter registration efforts.
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Tennessee
Dec 2021
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Hargett
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee, Campaign Legal Center, and Fair Elections Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Tennessee law that imposes substantial penalties on groups that foster political participation via voter registration efforts.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Voting Rights
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (Amicus)
Whether limitations on ballot collection and out-of-precinct voting under Arizona law violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by denying or abridging the right to vote in a manner that has a racially discriminatory effect.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Voting Rights
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (Amicus)
Whether limitations on ballot collection and out-of-precinct voting under Arizona law violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by denying or abridging the right to vote in a manner that has a racially discriminatory effect.
Texas
Oct 2021
Voting Rights
Hotze v. Hollins
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas moved to intervene in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate nearly 127,000 early votes cast via drive-thru voting in Harris County in the November 2020 election.
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Texas
Oct 2021
Voting Rights
Hotze v. Hollins
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas moved to intervene in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate nearly 127,000 early votes cast via drive-thru voting in Harris County in the November 2020 election.
Virginia
Sep 2021
Voting Rights
Adkins v. Virginia Redistricting Commission (Amicus)
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Virginia
Sep 2021
Voting Rights
Adkins v. Virginia Redistricting Commission (Amicus)
Indiana
Jul 2021
Voting Rights
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana, and Dem艒s filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Common Cause Indiana challenging a state law that permitted election officials to immediately purge the registrations of Indiana voters based on an interstate matching program known as the 鈥淚nterstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program鈥 (Crosscheck).
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Indiana
Jul 2021
Voting Rights
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana, and Dem艒s filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Common Cause Indiana challenging a state law that permitted election officials to immediately purge the registrations of Indiana voters based on an interstate matching program known as the 鈥淚nterstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program鈥 (Crosscheck).