11/05/2024
A federal court today denied the request by the Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party for a preliminary injunction that could have stopped the counting of absentee ballots that were hand-delivered to the county elections’ offices over the weekend in seven Georgia counties.
10/30/2024
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Stop Virginia’s Voter Purge
Immigrant rights and voting rights organizations are disappointed and alarmed the United States Supreme Court has allowed Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to wrongfully remove qualified voters from the rolls less than one week before the election.
10/29/2024
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Stop Virginia’s Voter Purge
On Sunday the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Friday ruling that stopped Virginia’s unlawful voter purge program. Virginia was sued because its purge program disenfranchised new citizens and other eligible voters.
10/25/2024
Victory: Federal Court Judge Stops Virginia’s Voter Purge After State Was Sued
A federal court judge stopped Virginia’s voter purge after being sued for disenfranchising new citizens.
10/24/2024
NC NAACP, Voters Urge Court to Prevent Last-Minute Voter Purge
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and two voters are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop a dangerous attempt to purge a quarter of a million registered voters from North Carolina’s voter lists just weeks before the November election.
10/23/2024
Lawyers’ Committee and Allies Block Hand Counting Effort in Major Court Ruling
Today, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected an attempt to force an emergency appeal of a court ruling that struck down several State Election Board rules, including a rule that would have required the hand counting of ballots in the upcoming November election.
10/16/2024
Court Blocks Georgia’s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters
ATLANTA — A state court today permanently blocked the Georgia State Election Board’s new rule requiring the hand counting of ballots in the upcoming November election.
10/8/2024
Civil Rights Groups: Extend Voter Registration Deadline as State Recovers from Hurricane Helene
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the law firm Cooley LLP filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to extend the voter registration deadline, as Georgians deal with the impact of hurricane Helene. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, and New Georgia Project.
10/7/2024
Lawsuit Challenges Recent Voter Roll Purges in Virginia Preventing Eligible US citizens from Voting
The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights and the League of Women Voters of Virginia filed a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the state’s policy of illegally and systematically removing voters from the rolls only one month before the upcoming election. The plaintiffs are represented by Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center, the Protect Democracy Project, and Advancement Project.
10/2/2024
Suit by the DeKalb County Republican Party Seeks to Force the Dekalb Board of Elections to conduct voter challenge hearings in violation of federal law.
Motion to Intervene
Motion to Dismiss
9/24/2024
S.B. 189 Opens Door to Purge Requests for Voters Who Live in College Dorms, Nursing Homes, Shelters, and Creates New Barriers to Voting for Unhoused People
7/3/2024
Federal Court Orders Mississippi’s State Legislative Maps to Be Redrawn
A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding those maps unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians.