Legal Memos and Litigation
Legal Memos and Litigation
Amicus Brief in Support of Injunction Against Wisconsin Voter ID Law
April 27, 2012
Petition to Court Challenging Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law
May 1, 2012
Advancement Project and our partners, ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCOP), and the Washington , DC law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP filed a lawsuit today against Governor Tom Corbett and the state over the recently-signed, soon-to-be-enforced Pennsylvania Voter ID law.
Several states, including Wisconsin and South Carolina, have had their Voter ID laws challenged and overturned by the Department of Justice.
Lawsuit: Wisconsin Voter ID Law Challenged on Basis of Racial Discrimination
February 23, 2012
Civil Rights Groups Sue Missouri Officials Over “Deceptive and Misleading” Voter ID Ballot Initiative
July 31, 2011
PROMOTING A JUST DEMOCRACY THROUGH SENSIBLE VOTING REFORM IN MISSOURI
September 14, 2010
The issue brief is forward looking and focuses on reforms that would provide voters with an improved voting process through easy legislative fixes in advance of the 2012 Presidential Election.
Advancement Project recommends the following reforms in Missouri:
- Correct Missouri’s implementation of the matching process mandated by the Help America Vote Act to ensure that this process does not prevent eligible voter applicants from becoming registered to vote.
Project Vote/Voting for America v. ELISA LONG (General Registrar of Norfolk, VA) and NANCY RODRIGUES (Secretary, State Board of Elections)
February 17, 2010
Advancement Project and Project Vote, along with pro bono cooperating attorneys from the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Norfolk against Elisa Long, general registrar of Norfolk and Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the State Board of Elections, for denying access to certain voter registration records.
Hogan & Hartson Memo on Virginia Restoration of Voting Rights
October 27, 2005
This memo discusses the legal authority of the Governor of Virginia to grant an across-the-board restoration of voting rights to all persons with felony convictions in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Iowa Executive Order
July 4, 2005
This Order was signed by Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa on July 4, 2005. The Order grants automatic restoration of voting rights to persons with felony convictions who have completed their sentences.
Law & Justice Resolution 06-92 Re- Enfranchisement Of Former Offenders
December 7, 2007
The NBCSL have drafted a resolution in support of the automatic restoration of voting rights for Virginia citizens who have completed sentences for a felony convictions.
Litigation to block unlawful purging of voters from the rolls, United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land
September 17, 2008
United States Student Association Foundation et al. v. Land, Civil Action No. 2:08‑CV‑14019‑SJM‑RSW (E.D. Mich. 2008)
