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 ACLU and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
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Puerto Rico
Oct 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Esp铆ritu v. Comisi贸n Estatal de Elecciones
Whether Puerto Rico鈥檚 voter-registration deadline should be extended from 45 days before the November 2024 general election to 30 days, given that well-reported problems like power outages have unfairly prevented thousands from successfully registering to vote.
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Puerto Rico
Oct 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Esp铆ritu v. Comisi贸n Estatal de Elecciones
Whether Puerto Rico鈥檚 voter-registration deadline should be extended from 45 days before the November 2024 general election to 30 days, given that well-reported problems like power outages have unfairly prevented thousands from successfully registering to vote.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
New PA Project Education Fund v. Schmidt
On September 25, 2024, 10 organizations filed a suit in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to stop enforcement of the commonwealth鈥檚 requirement that voters include an irrelevant handwritten date on the outer return envelope of their mail ballot packets or else be disenfranchised.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
New PA Project Education Fund v. Schmidt
On September 25, 2024, 10 organizations filed a suit in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to stop enforcement of the commonwealth鈥檚 requirement that voters include an irrelevant handwritten date on the outer return envelope of their mail ballot packets or else be disenfranchised.
Georgia
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Frazier v. Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have intervened in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the purge of nearly 2,000 Fulton County, Georgia voters from the state鈥檚 rolls on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this purge would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
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Georgia
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Frazier v. Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have intervened in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the purge of nearly 2,000 Fulton County, Georgia voters from the state鈥檚 rolls on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this purge would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
Arizona Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Richer v. Fontes (Amicus)
Will nearly 100,000 Arizona voters who have long been registered as 鈥渇ull ballot鈥� voters who can vote in all federal, state, and local elections in Arizona be penalized and disenfranchised from voting due to a technical error by the State of Arizona discovered on the eve of the November 2024 election?
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Arizona Supreme Court
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
Richer v. Fontes (Amicus)
Will nearly 100,000 Arizona voters who have long been registered as 鈥渇ull ballot鈥� voters who can vote in all federal, state, and local elections in Arizona be penalized and disenfranchised from voting due to a technical error by the State of Arizona discovered on the eve of the November 2024 election?
Texas
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
America First Policy Institute v. Biden
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, are representing the rights of voters by intervening in a lawsuit that seeks to make it harder for Americans across the country to register to vote, including in the upcoming 2024 election. In 2021, President Biden signed an executive order aimed at promoting access to voter registration and election information to eligible voters on a nonpartisan basis. Now, on the eve of the 2024 election, a small group of political candidates and election administrators seek to block the executive order, based on speculation and unfounded claims of election manipulation and noncitizen voting. The ACLU and its partners are fighting to preserve the ability of eligible Americans to register to vote, in accordance with federal law.
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Texas
Sep 2024
Fighting Voter Suppression
America First Policy Institute v. Biden
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, are representing the rights of voters by intervening in a lawsuit that seeks to make it harder for Americans across the country to register to vote, including in the upcoming 2024 election. In 2021, President Biden signed an executive order aimed at promoting access to voter registration and election information to eligible voters on a nonpartisan basis. Now, on the eve of the 2024 election, a small group of political candidates and election administrators seek to block the executive order, based on speculation and unfounded claims of election manipulation and noncitizen voting. The ACLU and its partners are fighting to preserve the ability of eligible Americans to register to vote, in accordance with federal law.