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.
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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American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioners
A so-called "election integrity" group is trying to force a wrongful purge of Philadelphia voters. Read more
Bellitto et al v. Snipes (Florida)
Project Vote and partners file to intervene in lawsuit attempting to force a reckless voter purge in Florida. Read more
Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016)
Project Vote and partners filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Georgia’s exact-match voter registration verification scheme violates the VRA and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Read more
Project Vote v. Kemp (Georgia)
Project Vote has filed a lawsuit against Georgia's Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, over his refusal to release public records relating to rejected voter registration applications. Read more
Virginia Voter’s Alliance v. Leider (Virginia)
Project Vote is representing the League of Women Voters of Virginia as they move to intervene in a potentially dangerous voter purge case in Alexandria, Va. Read more
Project Vote v. Reagan, et al (Arizona)
Project Vote is suing Arizona to make sure voter registration records are available for inspection as required by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more
League of Women Voters v. Newby
Project Vote and partners filed suit against EAC executive director Brian Newby, for allowing three states to require proof of citizenship from registrants using the federal voter registration form. Read more
Action NC et al v. Strach (North Carolina)
In December 2015, Project Vote and partners sued the state of North Carolina for widespread violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more
Arcia et al. v. Detzner (Florida)
In Arcia v. Florida Secretary of State—the challenge to Florida’s pre-election purge of alleged non-citizens on the voter rolls in... Read more
LULAC v. Harris County (Texas)
Project Vote is challenging the discriminatory registration practices of the most populous county in Texas in League of United Latin... Read more