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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Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016): Complaint

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Complaint filed September 14, 2016 in Georgia NAACP v. Kemp. Read more

Georgia NAACP v. Kemp (2016)

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Project Vote and partners filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Georgia’s exact-match voter registration verification scheme violates the VRA and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Read more

ACRU v. Philadelphia City Commissioners: Order

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Court order in American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioners Read more

ACRU v. Philadelphia City Commissioners: District Court Opinion

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U.S. District Court opinion in ACRU v. Philadelphia City Commissioners Read more

League of Women Voters v. Newby: Order Overturning Denial of Preliminary Injunction

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The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned issued this order preliminarily enjoining changing the federal voter registration form to allow Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia to require documentary proof of citizenship. Read more

Bellitto v. Snipes (Florida): Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

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Plaintiff's Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss in Bellitto v. Snipes Read more

Project Vote v. Kemp: Defendant’s reply in support of motion to dismiss

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Defendant Kemp’s reply brief in support of motion to dismiss. Read more

Project Vote v. Kemp: Plaintiff’s Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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Plaintiff’s supplemental reply in support of its motion for preliminary injunction. Read more

Project Vote v. Kemp: Plaintiff’s Opposition to Motion to Dismiss

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Plaintiff’s reply to defendant’s motion to dismiss. Read more

Bellitto v. Snipes (Florida): Motion to Dismiss

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Defendants' motion to dismiss Bellitto v. Snipes. Read more