Promoting Access to the Ballot
Thomas v. Andino
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a federal lawsuit on April 22, 2020, over South Carolina’s failure to take action to ensure all eligible voters can vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic — even for its fast-approaching June 9 statewide primary elections.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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19 Promoting Access to the Ballot Cases
Tennessee
Aug 2020
Lay v. Goins
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit seeking to make absentee voting available to all eligible Tennessee voters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tennessee
Promoting Access to the Ballot
Lay v. Goins
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit seeking to make absentee voting available to all eligible Tennessee voters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 2020
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New Hampshire
Feb 2019
Casey v. Gardner
On February 13, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Hampshire filed a federal lawsuit challenging a New Hampshire law that unconstitutionally restricts the right to vote for students, young people, and those new to the state.
Status: Ongoing
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New Hampshire
Promoting Access to the Ballot
Casey v. Gardner
On February 13, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Hampshire filed a federal lawsuit challenging a New Hampshire law that unconstitutionally restricts the right to vote for students, young people, and those new to the state.
Feb 2019
Status: Ongoing
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Sep 2017
Voting Rights Trial in Ferguson
On December 18, 2014, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s at-large electoral system used to elect school board members.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Promoting Access to the Ballot
Voting Rights Trial in Ferguson
On December 18, 2014, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s at-large electoral system used to elect school board members.
Sep 2017
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Northern California
Aug 2017
La Follette v. Padilla
The ACLU is suing California for invalidating the vote-by-mail ballots of tens of thousands of voters without warning. At issue is a state law that allows election officials — who have no handwriting-analysis expertise — to reject a vote-by-mail ballot without giving notice to the voter, if they think the signature on the ballot envelope does not match the one they have in the voter’s registration file. Nothing in the law tells voters they have to sign their ballot envelopes in any particular way; and voters are not informed that their ballots have been thrown out.
Status: Ongoing
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Northern California
Promoting Access to the Ballot
La Follette v. Padilla
The ACLU is suing California for invalidating the vote-by-mail ballots of tens of thousands of voters without warning. At issue is a state law that allows election officials — who have no handwriting-analysis expertise — to reject a vote-by-mail ballot without giving notice to the voter, if they think the signature on the ballot envelope does not match the one they have in the voter’s registration file. Nothing in the law tells voters they have to sign their ballot envelopes in any particular way; and voters are not informed that their ballots have been thrown out.
Aug 2017
Status: Ongoing
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