Court Cases

  • Common Cause Georgia v. Brad Raffensperger

    The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of Common Cause Georgia (CCGA), seeking to protect Georgia citizens' fundamental right to vote from malfeasance or tampering with Georgia's voter registration database. CCGA has asked the Court to enter an injunction ensuring that all provisional ballots cast by eligible voters are counted.

    January 25, 2019
    Voting Rights & Elections

  • Thompson v. Crittenden

    On October 3, 2017, eleven Democratic voters filed a suit alleging Georgia’s 2015 mid-decade state house plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs also allege that two of the house districts are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.

    January 16, 2019
    Redistricting

  • Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Georgia

    On April 24, 2017, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit alleging that Georgia’s 2015 state house map was drawn with discriminatory purpose in violation of the Constitution and Voting Rights Act. In addition, the plaintiffs assert that the map resulted in unconstitutional racial and partisan gerrymanders.

    January 15, 2019
    Redistricting

  • Indiana NAACP and League of Women Voters of Indiana v. Lawson

    The Brennan Center filed a lawsuit against the State of Indiana on behalf of the Indiana NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Indiana, challenging a recently enacted law, Senate Bill 442, which violates the National Voter Registration Act’s protections against wrongful voter removals.

    January 14, 2019
    Voting Rights & Elections
    Restricting the Vote
    Other Voting Issues

  • Dickson v. Rucho

    Dickson v. Rucho is a state-court suit that challenges numerous districts in North Carolina’s 2011 legislative and congressional maps as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.

    January 4, 2019
    Redistricting

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