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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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
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Immigrants' Rights
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
The 老澳门开奖结果, New York Civil Liberties Union, 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit July 24, 2020, on behalf of immigrants鈥 rights groups challenging President Trump鈥檚 order seeking to block people who are undocumented from being counted in the U.S. census.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Voting Rights
Immigrants' Rights
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
The 老澳门开奖结果, New York Civil Liberties Union, 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit July 24, 2020, on behalf of immigrants鈥 rights groups challenging President Trump鈥檚 order seeking to block people who are undocumented from being counted in the U.S. census.
Pennsylvania
Nov 2020
Voting Rights
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
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Pennsylvania
Nov 2020
Voting Rights
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
Alaska Supreme Court
Oct 2020
Voting Rights
Arctic Village Council v. Meyer
The lawsuit, Arctic Village Council v. Meyer, sought to waive a provision of state law for the November general election that requires voters who submit a mail-in absentee ballot to have a witness sign their ballot return envelope even in the midst of a highly contagious and deadly pandemic.
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Alaska Supreme Court
Oct 2020
Voting Rights
Arctic Village Council v. Meyer
The lawsuit, Arctic Village Council v. Meyer, sought to waive a provision of state law for the November general election that requires voters who submit a mail-in absentee ballot to have a witness sign their ballot return envelope even in the midst of a highly contagious and deadly pandemic.
Court Case
Oct 2020
Voting Rights
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
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Oct 2020
Voting Rights
Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
Montana
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans鈥 access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented 鈥渃old, hard data鈥 about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were 鈥渟imply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.鈥
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Montana
Sep 2020
Voting Rights
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund challenged a Montana law that severely restricted Native Americans鈥 access to the ballot. In September 2020, the court issued its ruled for plaintiffs, finding that they presented 鈥渃old, hard data鈥 about the law's impact on Native Americans, and how its costs were 鈥渟imply too high and too burdensome to remain the law of the State of Montana.鈥