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Federal Court Delivers Important Ruling in National Voter Registration Act Lawsuit |
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WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2012. – In a strongly worded order handed down yesterday, U.S. District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of voting rights groups to remedy the State of Georgia’s failure to provide voter registration services at public assistance offices, as required by Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
Judge Pannell ruled that, contrary to the state’s practice, the NVRA requires that public assistance agency clients be provided with the opportunity to receive a voter registration application every time they apply for or renew benefits or submit a change of address. This must include instances where clients interact with the agency by remote means (e.g., by telephone, internet or mail). In addition, Judge Pannell found that, to the extent that Georgia’s public assistance agencies do not presumptively distribute voter registration applications (and, instead, require clients to request them affirmatively), that the State is likely violating the NVRA.
Section 7 of the NVRA requires that all public assistance offices in Georgia distribute a voter registration application each time a client applies for benefits, recertifies, or fills out a change of address form, unless the client declines an application in writing. The lawsuit alleges that Georgia has been largely ignoring this mandate for many years.
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Project Vote is Moving! |
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Project Vote is currently in the process of moving our offices in Washington, DC. During this move, our main phone and fax lines will be down, and there may be delays in receiving mail. If you need to reach Project Vote staff, you can send them an email by clicking their names on the "Our Staff" page of this website, or they can be reached on their cell phones.
For general inquiries or emergencies, please contact Daniel Charlton, Operations Manager, at 703.606-8708 or
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Our new address will be 1350 Eye Street NW, Suite 1250, Washington, DC 20005. We expect to be fully moved in, with services restored, early in the week of January 9. In the meantime, we apologize for any inconvenience. |
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Project Vote Supports New Legislation to Punish Dirty Election Tricks |
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December 15, 2011
Washington, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced important legislation to punish voter suppression and intimidation tactics. The bill fills in important gaps in federal law by creating tough new criminal and civil penalties for those who create and distribute false and deceptive voting information and campaign literature, says Project Vote.
“In this year, when hurdles to voting have been spreading across the states like wildfire, it is especially important to have a federal law that addresses some of the most egregious voter suppression tactics,” says Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote.
The Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011 applies to false communications that occur during the last 90 days before an election, such as literature listing the wrong date or time for the election, giving inaccurate information about voter eligibility, or promoting false endorsements of candidates. These underhanded practices are most often targeted to minority populations and are designed to suppress turnout.
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