Federal Court Decision Means Absentee Ballots Hand-Delivered in Georgia Over the Weekend Will be Counted

by Press | Nov 5, 2024 | Press Releases

A federal court today denied the request by the Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party for a preliminary injunction that could have stopped the counting of absentee ballots that were hand-delivered to the county elections’...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Stop Virginia’s Voter Purge

by Press | Oct 29, 2024 | Press Releases

On Sunday the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Friday ruling that stopped Virginia’s unlawful voter purge program. Virginia was sued because its purge program disenfranchised new citizens and other eligible voters.  The plaintiffs are Virginia...

NC NAACP, Voters Urge Court to Prevent Last-Minute Voter Purge

by Press | Oct 24, 2024 | Press Releases

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 24, 2024)— The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and two voters are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop a dangerous attempt to purge a quarter of a million registered voters from North Carolina’s...

Voting Rights Advocates Move to Intervene in Suit to Protect 5,000 Georgia Voters at Risk of Removal from the November Election Rolls

by Press | Oct 2, 2024 | Press Releases

Suit by the DeKalb County Republican Party Seeks to Force the Dekalb Board of Elections to conduct voter challenge hearings in violation of federal law DeKalb, Georgia – Today, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, New Georgia Project, Georgia Coalition for the...

Georgia Election Board Order to Hand-Count Election Day Ballots Cast at Georgia’s Polling Places is a Ploy that Endangers Democracy 

by Press | Sep 20, 2024 | Press Releases

Contact: Lacy Crawford, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org, 252-292-6088 WASHINGTON—On Friday, the Georgia State Election Board voted to hand-count all ballots cast at polling places across Georgia’s 159 counties on Election Day, contrary to the legal opinion of the...