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Tennessee sued over voter registration law
Six groups, including a Memphis-based law firm, filed suit this week challenging Tennessee’s new third-party voter registration law, contending it violates “fundamental” constitutional rights with the threat of civil and criminal penalties.
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Groups claim new voter registration law ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘burdensome’
The complaint alleges that the law imposes burdensome requirements on persons and organizations who seek to help people register to vote, violates fundamental rights of free speech, free association, the right to vote, and due process. The suit was filed on behalf of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Democracy Nashville-Democratic Communities, The Equity Alliance, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation, all of whom engage in voter registration activities. The law requires individuals or organizations participating in voter registration drives to comply with pre-registration, training, and affirmation requirements or face criminal and civil penalties ranging in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Tennessee Sued Over Crackdown on Voter Drives
The ink from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s pen on a new state law had barely dried before four civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the new regulations for voter registration drives. The groups say the law that is scheduled to take effect in Oct. 1 – about a year out from the 2020 presidential election – is vague, violates First and 14th Amendment rights and hands down draconian civil and criminal penalties for any group found violating its provisions.
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NAACP Sues Tennessee Over New Law Targeting Voter Registration Drives
Voting rights advocates fear that the law signals a new frontier in voter suppression, chilling the efforts of drives that seek to boost access to the franchise among minority and low-income people.
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Voting rights advocates sue over Tennessee crackdown on voter registration
Voter rights groups contend that the law is intended to prevent people, particularly African Americans and other minorities, from registering to vote in a state that has one of the lowest voter registration rates in the nation.
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AGF Brings Suit Challenging Restrictive Tennessee Voter Registration Law
The NAACP, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, pro bono firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, Memphis-based firm Burch, Porter, & Johnson PLLC, Bromberg Law LLC, and community practitioner Daniel Ayoade Yoon filed a lawsuit to challenge Tennessee’s voter registration law. The suit was filed on behalf of Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Democracy Nashville-Democratic Communities, The Equity Alliance, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Statement on Challenging Tennessee’s Anti-Democratic and Shameful Voter Suppression Law
Tennessee's third-party voter registration law undermines one of our most fundamental constitutional rights. The Andrew Goodman Foundation has joined the Tennesse State Conference of the N.A.A.C.P., Democracy Nashville-Democratic Communities, and The Equity Alliance in challenging it by filing a lawsuit.
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Barriers to Student Voting: A Voting Rights Round-Up
What does student voter suppression look like? In this blog, AGF breaks down the most common legal barriers that student voters face around the country.
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Vote Everywhere GSU hosts The Great Debate
Georgia State University students discussed topics from immigration, racism, and privilege at the second annual Great Debate at Georgia State.
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The Great Debate at Georgia State
Vote Everywhere Georgia State hosted its second annual Great Debate between the Georgia State College Republicans and Young Democrats.
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