Fighting Voter Suppression
League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
On March 25, 2025, in a sweeping and unprecedented Executive Order, President Trump attempted to usurp the power to regulate federal elections from Congress and the States. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the Election Assistance Commission鈥攁n agency that Congress specifically established to be bipartisan and independent鈥攖o require voters to show a passport or other citizenship documentation in order to register to vote in federal elections. If implemented, the Executive Order would threaten the ability of millions of eligible Americans to register and vote and upend the administration of federal elections.
On behalf of leading voter registration organizations and advocacy organizations, the 吃瓜直播 and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
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New Hampshire
Mar 2025
Fighting Voter Suppression
Coalition for Open Democracy v. Scanlan
This lawsuit challenges HB 1569, a new law that will make New Hampshire the only state to require every person to produce documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote for both state and federal elections. It also challenges HB 1569鈥檚 elimination a preexisting protection for voters鈥攏amely, an affidavit option that allowed voters who faced surprise challenges to their eligibility at the polls to swear to their qualifications and cast a ballot. Accordingly, HB 1569 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution by placing substantial burdens on New Hampshirites at all stages of the voting process, and will arbitrarily disenfranchise hundreds, if not thousands of qualified voters.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 吃瓜直播 and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters鈥� rights to have their votes count.
Texas
Oct 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Texas has growing Hispanic and Black populations that helped propel record voter turnout in the November 2020 election. The Texas Legislature responded to this increased civic participation with an omnibus election bill titled Senate Bill 1鈥擲B 1 for short鈥攖hat targeted election practices that made voting more accessible to traditionally marginalized voters like voters of color, voters with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency. Since 2021, SB 1 has resulted in tens of thousands of lawful votes being rejected, and it remains a threat to democracy in Texas.
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62 Fighting Voter Suppression Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (Amicus)
Whether limitations on ballot collection and out-of-precinct voting under Arizona law violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by denying or abridging the right to vote in a manner that has a racially discriminatory effect.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (Amicus)
Whether limitations on ballot collection and out-of-precinct voting under Arizona law violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by denying or abridging the right to vote in a manner that has a racially discriminatory effect.
Texas
Oct 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Hotze v. Hollins
The 吃瓜直播 and 吃瓜直播 of Texas moved to intervene in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate nearly 127,000 early votes cast via drive-thru voting in Harris County in the November 2020 election.
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Texas
Oct 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Hotze v. Hollins
The 吃瓜直播 and 吃瓜直播 of Texas moved to intervene in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate nearly 127,000 early votes cast via drive-thru voting in Harris County in the November 2020 election.
Indiana
Jul 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
The 吃瓜直播, 吃瓜直播 of Indiana, and Dem艒s filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Common Cause Indiana challenging a state law that permitted election officials to immediately purge the registrations of Indiana voters based on an interstate matching program known as the 鈥淚nterstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program鈥� (Crosscheck).
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Indiana
Jul 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
The 吃瓜直播, 吃瓜直播 of Indiana, and Dem艒s filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Common Cause Indiana challenging a state law that permitted election officials to immediately purge the registrations of Indiana voters based on an interstate matching program known as the 鈥淚nterstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program鈥� (Crosscheck).
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Immigrants' Rights
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
The 吃瓜直播, New York Civil Liberties Union, 吃瓜直播 of Texas, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit July 24, 2020, on behalf of immigrants鈥� rights groups challenging President Trump鈥檚 order seeking to block people who are undocumented from being counted in the U.S. census.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Fighting Voter Suppression
Immigrants' Rights
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
The 吃瓜直播, New York Civil Liberties Union, 吃瓜直播 of Texas, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit July 24, 2020, on behalf of immigrants鈥� rights groups challenging President Trump鈥檚 order seeking to block people who are undocumented from being counted in the U.S. census.
Pennsylvania
Nov 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 吃瓜直播 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
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Pennsylvania
Nov 2020
Fighting Voter Suppression
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
The 吃瓜直播 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."