The Dangers of Playing with Matches
Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002 to impose fair and more uniform standards for state election administration, including provisions to establish and maintain statewide voter registration databases.
However, some states have misinterpreted the intent of database maintenance prodcedures outlined in HAVA and passed onerous “No Match, No Vote” laws. Under such statutes, if a state is unable to match the information on a voter’s registration application with information in an existing government database, the application is denied outright.
Research shows that matching voter data with other government databases is an unreliable, error-laden process, and that conditioning the right to vote on such a flawed system will inevitably disenfranchise eligible citizens.
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Lawsuit: ‘Exact Match’ System Negatively Impacts Georgia’s Minority Voters
Georgia's strict system for adding new voters to the rolls risks disenfranchising tens of thousands of minorities in the battleground state this fall, according to a new lawsuit by several voting rights groups. Read more
Georgia is using an error-riddled database to reject thousands of voter registrations
Kira Lerner discusses our lawsuit over Georgia's flawed and discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Georgia’s Discriminatory Voter Verification Process
Project Vote President Michael Slater discusses our new lawsuit to protect voters of color in the state of Georgia. Read more
Federal lawsuit alleges Georgia blocked thousands of minority voters
Kristina Torres writes about Project Vote's suit against Georgia's discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Voting Rights Advocates File New Federal Voting Rights Lawsuit to Protect Voters of Color in the State of Georgia
Project Vote and partners filed a federal lawsuit today to protect voters of color in Georgia from discriminatory registration verification process. Read more
Lawsuit: Georgia Voter Registration Process Violates the Law
AP story on Project Vote and partners' lawsuit against Georgia's discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016): Memo in Support of Motion for PI
Memo in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Georgia NAACP v. Kemp Read more
Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016): Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Georgia NAACP v. Kemp Read more
Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016): Exhibit 4
Exhibit 4 in Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: Garcia-Castillo Notification Letter Read more
Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016): Exhibit 3
Exhibit 3 in Georgia NAACP v. Kemp: SSA 2009 IG Report Read more