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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NAACP v Galvin: Complaint

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Lawsuit filed on behalf of NAACP-NEAC and New England United for Justice, and an individual plaintiff, charging that Massachusetts public agencies are failing to comply with the NVRA. Read more

NAACP v Galvin: Case Background

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Document summarizing the background of Delgado v. Gavin, a lawsuit over Massachusetts' failure to provide voter registration services to public assistance clients. Read more

Scott v. Schedler: PSJ Order

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District court's order denying defendants' motions for partial summary judgment in Scott v. Schedler. Read more

Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Defendants’ Answer

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Sec. of State Andrades's answer to complaint. Read more

Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Amended Complaint

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A lawsuit challenging the Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar statute that creates restrictions and criminal liability against anyone who collects voter registration cards. Read more