Litigation

Fighting for Voting Rights in the Courts

Project Vote is one of the country’s leading nonpartisan voter registration and voter education organizations. Yet our work is made meaningless if state laws, rules, and procedures do not afford low-income and minority Americans an equal opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

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Over the past ten years Project Vote has developed an expert, in-house legal team, which works to uncover barriers to political participation at the state and local level that require legal action.

Working frequently with other civic rights organizations and pro bono counsel, Project Vote brings suits against practices that violate state and federal laws (including HAVA and NVRA) to disenfranchise or intimidate voters, improperly remove or purge eligible voters from the rolls, or unfairly restrict the efforts of voter participation organizations to bring new citizens into the electorate.

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Project Vote v. Long: Judgement of Project Vote v. Long

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Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Amended Complaint

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Valdez v. Duran: Settlement Agreement

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Settlement agreement pertaining to Section 5 (motor vehicle offices) claims in Valdez v. Duran Read more

Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

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Motion to Dismiss filed by Sec. of State Kemp and the Georgia Dept. of Human Services Read more

Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2011)

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In June 2011 Project Vote and partners filed a lawsuit against officials in Georgia over violations of Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more

Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Complaint

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Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda charging that Georgia public assistance agencies have failed to provide voter registration services as required by the NVRA. Read more

Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Complaint Exhibit 1

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Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Civil Cover Sheet

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Scott v. Schedler (Louisiana)

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In April 2011 Project Vote and partners filed a lawsuit against officials in Louisiana for widespread violations of Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more

Scott v. Schedler: Complaint

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Lawsuit filed by Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP and two individuals charging that Louisiana has failed to provide voter registration services to public assistance clients as required by the NVRA. Read more