Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2011)

Citing clear evidence, including reports from clients and internal policies, that Georgia public assistance agencies have violated their federally mandated responsibility to offer voter registration opportunities to tens of thousands of Georgians each year, Project Vote and its partner voting rights groups filed suit against the Georgia Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services for violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).

Plaintiffs include the State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda. Both are organizations that expend considerable resources in registering low-income citizens of Georgia. The plaintiffs are represented by voting rights groups Project Vote, Dēmos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU, the NAACP, as well as the laws firm of Dechert LLP.

In April 2012, the Court held that the public assistance agencies must provide voter registration applications during remote transactions.