Court Cases
Voting Rights & Elections
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning
Case challenging restrictions on third-party voter registration drives.
– 05/08/08
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
Determining which American citizens are able to exercise their right to vote and which Americans are not, the Indiana voter ID case is the most important voting rights case since Bush v. Gore.
– 04/28/08
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.
– 04/03/08
FOIA Request to EAC Re: Commissioned Reports
In 2006 and 2007, the Brennan Center filed a FOIA request with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to obtain documents pertaining to commissioned reports on voter fraud and voter intimidation and on voter ID.
– 03/14/08
Project Vote v. Blackwell
A case challenging restrictions on third party voter registration drives.
– 02/11/08
Madison v. Washington
This case challenges a Washington State law preventing people with felony convictions who cannot pay their legal financial obligations from regaining their right to vote.
– 07/26/07
NAMUDNO v. Gonzales
– 06/15/07
Gooden v. Worley
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in support of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s lawsuit to compel the Secretary of State to register eligible Alabama voters.
– 06/01/07
Sole v. Wyner
– 04/03/07
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