The lawsuit (formerly Voting for America v. Andrade) challenges the Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar statute that creates several onerous restrictions and criminal liability against anyone who collects voter registration cards. The lawsuit challenges the following restrictions: the prohibition on terminating a canvasser if the termination is based on the canvasser’s inability to collect applications; the requirement that canvassers be eligible to vote in Texas; the prohibition on collecting an application from a person who does not reside in the county where the canvasser is a deputy registrar; training requirements without a mandate that the county conduct such trainings; the requirement for applications to be personally delivered, not mailed; and the ability of registrars to terminate a deputy’s appointment for turning in incomplete applications without any safeguards or guidance for canvassers who use their best efforts.
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Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Plaintiffs’ Reply to Defendants’ Responses to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Plaintiff's reply to defendant's response to motion for preliminary injunction. Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Defendant Hope Andrade’s Response to the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
Defendant's reply to plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction. Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Accompanying Memorandum of Law
Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
Defendant's motion to dismiss. Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Defendants’ Answer
Sec. of State Andrades's answer to complaint. Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Amended Complaint
A lawsuit challenging the Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar statute that creates restrictions and criminal liability against anyone who collects voter registration cards. Read more
Department of Justice Properly Rejects Texas Voter ID Law as Discriminatory
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified the state of Texas that it would not approve the state's new voter ID law because it violated the Voting Rights Act. Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote, issued the following statement in response: Read more
Group Files Suit Over Texas Voter Registration Law
A national non-partisan group has filed a lawsuit to block new Texas laws that make it harder to register people to vote. Read more
Voting rights group files suit over Texas registration practices
"A developing body of state practices and provisions targeted at voter registration activities is endangering the rights of many Texas voters," the lawsuit alleges. Read more
Voting for America Sues Texas on Behalf of Voters and the U.S. Constitution
Citing clear evidence that Texas’s election code related to voter registration violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the U.S. Constitution in several ways, Voting for America, an affiliate of Project Vote, filed suit today against the state of Texas. Read more