In 2017, former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 268, which codified the same faulty “exact match” voter registration verification process previously challenged and temporarily ended in a 2016 lawsuit. Instead of 40 days, House Bill 268 gives applicants 26 months to fix any alleged mismatch before their voter registration is canceled. But the law still puts thousands of eligible voters at risk of disenfranchisement, the vast majority of them people of color.

In October 2018, Advancing Justice-Atlanta and other civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit to challenge the new “exact match” law, which led to increased protections to voters for the November 6, 2018 general election and the December 4, 2018 run-off election in Georgia.

Filed
October 11, 2018

Status
Ongoing

Issues
Voting Rights, Voting Registration, Exact Match, Voting Rights Act, Help America Vote Act

Legal Filing

Initial Complaint (10/11/18)

Memorandum of Law In Support of Preliminary Injunction (10/19/18)

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (11/02/18)

Third Amended Complaint (07/24/20)

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