National Voter Registration Act, Voter Registration
Most Recent Court:
United Stated District Court for the Western District of Michigan (No. 1:24-cv-00262)
Issue(s):
The RNC is suing Michigan Secretary of State Benson challenging the state's voter roll maintenance. They state that 53 counties in Michigan have more active registered voters than adults over the age of 18. The plaintiff argues that this is due to poor voter roll maintenance, in violation of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act and asks the court to implement a program to remove ineligible voters from voter rolls.
United Stated District Court for Nevada (No. 3:24-cv-00198)
Issue(s):
The RNC is challenging a Nevada mail-in ballot law which allows mail-in ballots to be received up to four days after election day and assumes that ballots received within three days of election day were postmarked on election day. They argue that this violates the US Constitutuion and federal law, violates the rights of the RNC's candidates because it cannot prevail when ballots are counted after election day without investing in significant post-election activity and they argue that the law violates an individual's right to vote because it dilutes lawfully submitted votes by counting unlawfully submitted votes. The RNC asks the court to find the mail-in ballot receipt deadline to be unconstitutional and to temporarily and permanently block Nevada from counting ballots received after election day.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-02184); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)
Issue(s):
Plaintiffs challenge several provisions of Georgia SB 202 as violative of the 14th Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. AME Church points in particular to the importance of early and weekend voting, especially Sundays, when churches encourage voting through "Souls to the Polls" events. Plaintiffs argue that each of SB 202's challenged provisions independently make it more difficult for historically disenfranchised communities to vote, and cumulatively, impose an even more severe burden.
District Court of Arizona (2:22-cv-01901-ESW); For new filings see, Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs (CV-22-509-PHX-SRB)
Issue(s):
Complaint brought by Tohono O'odham Nation and Gila Indian Community alleging that the proof of location of residence requirement imposed by Arizona HB 2492. The plaintiffs the law would disenfranchise significant numbers of Native Americans by blocking Arizonians who reside in physical dwellings without an address from voting, a circumstance that will disproportionately affect Native Americans. They bring claims under the National Voter Registration Act, as well as under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)
Issue(s):
U.S. filed lawsuit against Georgia for passing of GA Senate Bill 202 arguing that it is in violation of Sec. 2 & 12(d) of the Voting Rights Act due to being intended to deny or abridge the rights of Black Georgians to vote on account of race or color.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (5:21-cv-01085); For new filings see, La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott (No. 5:21-cv-00844)
Issue(s):
U.S. filed lawsuit against the state of Texas for the enactment of SB1, omnibus voting legislation that the U.S. claims will disenfranchise voters that already confront barriers to the ballot box, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.
United Stated District Court for the Northern District of Florida (4:23-cv-00111-AW-MAF)
Issue(s):
The lawsuit challenges Florida's wet signature requirement. Florida statutes require individuals registering to vote to submit a voter application with an original signature. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants have interpreted this to require a signature on paper, and that applications have been rejected if they have been submitted via email or fax or have been submitted with an electronic signature. The plaintiffs contend that this interpretation violates the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act and ask the court to enjoin the defendants from requiring a wet signature for voter registration applications.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01390)
Issue(s):
VoteAmerica, Voter Participation Center, and Center for Voter Information are nonprofit organizations that assist voters in navigating the political process. They bring a challenge to SB 202 under the 1st and 14th Amendments.
Middle District of North Carolina (No. 1:23-cv-861)
Issue(s):
Lawsuit challenging North Carolina Senate Bill 747. The bill requires election officials to send address verification notices to same-day voters via the mail. If the mail is returned as undeliverable, election officials are prohibited from registering the same-day voter and are to exclude their ballot from the official vote count. The voter is not notified of the cancellation of their ballot. The plaintiffs allege that the provision violates the Due Process Clause and places an undue burden on the right to vote under the 1st and 14th amendment.
Hillsborough Superior Court, Southern District (226-2022-CV-00233)
Issue(s):
This lawsuit challenges SB 418, which requires voters who register to vote on the day of the election, but who do not provide a valid photo ID, to mail in documentation verifying their identity within seven days or have their vote discarded. The lawsuit argues that the law violated the New Hampshire Constitution.
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