Major Pending Election Cases | Georgia State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Raffensperger

Filing Date:

March 25, 2021

Status:

pending

State:

Georgia

Topics:

Absentee Ballots, Voter Suppression

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1:21-cv-01259); For new filings see, In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 (1:21-MI-55555-JPB)

Issue(s):

Plaintiffs (Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, League of Women Voters of Georgia, Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Common Cause, and the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe) seek declarative and injunctive relief challenging several provisions of Georgia SB 202 under the 1st, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Restrictions in the bill include new ID requirements for absentee voting, invalidating ballots cast in the wrong precinct, banning non-poll workers from providing food and drink to voters waiting in line, and more.

Case Progress:

Complaint 3/28/21
RNC et al. Motion to Intervene 4/12/21
Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to RNC Motion to Intervene 4/26/21
Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene 5/3/21
Motion to Dismiss 5/14/21
First Amended Complaint 5/28/21
Order Granting RNC Motion to Intervene 6/4/21
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint 6/11/21
County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint 7/12/21
Intervenors' Motion to Dismiss 7/12/21
Consolidated at In Re: Georgia Senate Bill 202 12/23/21

Georgia State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Raffensperger

District Court Documents