Project Vote is challenging the discriminatory registration practices of the most populous county in Texas in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Harris County (Texas). On behalf of LULAC and individual plaintiffs, Project Vote attorneys are seeking a judgment requiring Harris County to cease its improper rejection of thousands of applications, a disproportionate percentage of which were submitted by voters of color and Spanish speaking voters. The county’s processes violate the Voting Rights Act and National Voter Registration Act. Harris County has a long history of discrimination against members of racial and language minority groups and of denying the voting rights of these groups.
Today, a partial agreement was reached in response to a lawsuit initiated by LULAC, Project Vote, the Campaign Legal Center, and the Law Offices of Brazil and Dunn against Harris County, Texas, challenging the legality of Harris County’s voter purge and voter registration program. Read more
Today, LULAC filed suit against Harris County in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas maintaining that Harris County officials wrongly rejected voter applications through discriminatory practices against Latino and African American applicants. Read more
Harris County officials and the Democratic Party have settled an ongoing legal dispute over denial rates of new voter registration applications - at least for now. Read more