Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)

“Groups settle Ga. suit alleging black voters wrongfully disqualified”

March 13, 2017, 10:07 amNVRA (motor voter), votingRick Hasen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Civil rights groups announced a settlement Wednesday with Hancock County over allegations officials improperly removed African American voters from the rolls ahead of a hotly contested local election. Groups including the Georgia NAACP and the national Lawyers’… Continue reading

“New York in Violation of ‘Motor Voter’ Law and the Voting Rights Act”

March 8, 2017, 12:59 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter today, alleging that the state is failing to meet its obligations under the National Voter… Continue reading

Suit to Force Wake County NC to Clean Its Voter Rolls Under the NVRA Survives Motion to Dismiss

February 21, 2017, 2:08 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Court order: Considering VIP-NC’s allegation that the number of registered voters in Wake County has exceeded, and continues to exceed, the number of eligible voters, which allegation is in turn supported by reliable data and WBOE’s failure to use available… Continue reading

Federal Court Punishes State of Texas for Dragging Its Feet in “Motor Voter” Case

February 18, 2017, 10:12 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Release from Texas Civil Rights Project: Today, the U.S. District Court For the Western District Of Texas ordered sanctions against the state of Texas for undue delay in our “motor voter” case, Stringer v. Pablos. On January 24, the Texas… Continue reading

“Demos and Project Vote team with Hogan Lovells to Help Prevent Unlawful Voter Purge in Philadelphia”

February 14, 2017, 8:13 amNVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: Today, voting rights groups Demos and Project Vote urged a federal appeals court to uphold a decision dismissing an attempt by the so-called “American Civil Rights Union” (ACRU) to force the City of Philadelphia to conduct an unnecessary… Continue reading

“Voting Advocates Announce a Settlement of ‘Exact Match’ Lawsuit in Georgia”

February 10, 2017, 12:06 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Release: The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Project Vote, Campaign Legal Center, Voting Rights Institute at the Georgetown University Law Center, along with the New York City office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and Atlanta-based firm of… Continue reading

Ohio Seeks Supreme Court Review of 6th Circuit Ruling on Voter Purge Procedures Under Motor-Voter

February 3, 2017, 3:28 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

This could be an important case.

“Justice Dept. Seeks to Join Suit Over 117,000 Purged Brooklyn Voters”

January 12, 2017, 8:28 pmDepartment of Justice, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it had filed a motion to join a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Elections, alleging that the board’s Brooklyn office violated federal voter registration law by erasing more than … Continue reading

Breaking: Federal Court Blocks NC County Voter Purges as Likely Violating Federal Motor Voter Law

November 4, 2016, 2:09 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

After the hearing, this opinion and order granting a preliminary injunction were expected.

“North Carolina voter challenge process seems ‘insane,’ judge says”

November 2, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CBS News: North Carolina’s process for challenging voters’ registration seems to harken to a bygone era when fewer safeguards were in place, a federal judge said Wednesday as she presided over a lawsuit that alleges voters are being purged… Continue reading

US Dept. of Justice Files Brief Supporting NAACP Legal Argument in NC Voter Purge Case

November 2, 2016, 7:47 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the 13-page document here. A snippet: Here, plaintiffs allege that election officials in three North Carolina counties have removed voters solely based on alleged changes of residence, premised on mail returned as undeliverable and submitted through voter… Continue reading

“North Carolina NAACP Files Federal Suit Charging State Illegally Suppressed Right to Vote of Thousands of Black Residents”

October 31, 2016, 7:18 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The North Carolina NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking an immediate injunction to stop the state and various county boards of elections from illegally cancelling the registrations of thousands of voters who are being targeted in a coordinated… Continue reading

“Federal Court Says North Carolina Likely Violated ‘Motor Voter’ Law”

October 28, 2016, 3:05 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Demos: On October 27, 2016, a federal judge granted preliminary relief requiring North Carolina election officials to take actions to protect eligible citizens who were improperly left off the voter rolls after attempting to register to vote through state motor… Continue reading

Federal Court in Ohio Issues Order to Allow Purged Voters to Cast Ballots Which Will Count

October 19, 2016, 3:34 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Back in September a 6th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that Ohio’s voter purge procedures violated the NVRA. Meanwhile, following the panel decision, the federal district court (which had earlier found the purge procedures did not violate the NVRA) has now… Continue reading