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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Valdez v. Duran (New Mexico)

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In July 2009, Project Vote and its partners filed suit against officials in New Mexico for violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) Read more

ACORN v. Maryland Transit Authority (Maryland)

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ACORN and Project Vote filed suit against the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), challenging the restrictions on ACORN’s right to register... Read more

Project Vote v. Rokita (Indiana)

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The day before the 2008 general election Project Vote filed an emergency lawsuit against Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita... Read more

Project Vote v. Madison County Election Board (Ohio)

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In this lawsuit, Project Vote sought a temporary restraining order against the Madison County Board of Elections, which had announced... Read more

ACORN v. Levy (Missouri)

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ACORN v. Levy (formerly ACORN v. Scott) is a lawsuit filed in Kansas City, Missouri charging Deborah Scott, director of... Read more

Florida NAACP v. Browning (Florida)

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In 2007, Florida law stated that a voter application would be considered invalid unless the state performed a successful database... Read more

Harkless v. Brunner (Ohio)

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In September 2006 Project Vote and partners filed a lawsuit against officials in the state of Ohio alleging widespread violations of Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more

Arizona v. ITCA (Arizona)

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In this case (formerly Arizona v. Gonzalez), registered voters in Arizona and voters’ rights groups–including Project Vote–challenged Proposition 200, an... Read more

ACORN v. Cox (Georgia)

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The lawsuit challenges a Georgia State Board of Election rule that states: No person may accept a completed registration application... Read more

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. State Board of Elections (Kentucky)

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The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief for a purge of approximately 8,000 Kentucky voters conducted by the State Board... Read more