Court Cases
Other Voter List Issues
Common Cause of Colorado, et al. v. Buescher
A coalition of voting rights groups sued the Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman (who, upon leaving office, was replaced by Brian Buescher) claiming he illegally removed over 27,000 voters from the rolls. They filed a temporary restraining order to get those names reinstated and to ensure additional names cannot be removed before Election Day.
– 01/22/10
Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board
Wisconsin AG, J.B. Van Hollen, claims the state’s Government Accountability Board(GAB) is incompliant with HAVA by not retroactively running database matches and purging voters from registration rolls.
– 10/23/08
Florida NAACP v. Browning
A lawsuit filled by the Brennan Center and other voting rights advocates challenging Florida’s requirement that the driver’s license or Social Security number on a registration form be verified before a voter can be registered to vote.
– 10/23/08
Republican Party of Ohio v. Secretary Brunner
The Ohio Republican Party sued Ohio’s Secretary of State alleging that various policies adopted by the Secretary violated federal and state law. Among the claims was that Ohio was not in compliance with provisions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (“HAVA”).
– 10/13/08
Washington Association of Churches v. Reed
The Brennan Center has resolved the first lawsuit in the country concerning a new procedure to “match” voter information from one source to another.
– 03/16/07