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Lawyers’ Committee and Coalition Parnters Challenge Georgia Voter List Purge in Federal Lawsuit

by Jon Greenbaum

On October 9th, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational fund filed a lawsuit in Georgia on behalf of Cherokee County resident Jose Morales against Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, asking a federal court in Atlanta to halt the use of database matching procedures that inaccurately flag United States citizens as non-citizens, jeopardizing their attempts to register and vote.

For more information:

Click here to read the press release.
Click here to read the Memorandum of Points and Authorities, a document summarizing our argument in this case.
Click here to read my Declaration, which contains supporting evidence.
Click here to read one of the letters being sent to Georgia residents.