ACRU Defends One-Person, One-Vote
The Supreme Court has an opportunity to determine whether only citizens get a political voice in America.
Evenwel v. Abbott
The Supreme Court has an opportunity to determine whether only citizens get a political voice in America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 5, 2015) — In a brief submitted today at the U.S. Supreme Court, the ACRU contends that a Texas policy that includes non-citizens in apportioning districts gives areas with large numbers of non-citizens undue political power.
“The practical result… is that the votes of the residents of districts with larger non-citizen populations count roughly one and a half as much as the votes of the residents of other districts,” states ACRU’s brief in Evenwel v. Abbott.
“The doctrine of one-person, one-vote logically grows directly […]
Counties Are Failing to Keep Voter Rolls Clean
This week, the Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court on ACRU’s behalf seeking to force Clarke County to comply with federal law and clean up its rolls.
ACRU Files Complaint Against Clarke County (MS)
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The American Civil Rights Union on July 27, 2015 filed a complaint in federal court against another Mississippi county over its corrupted and inflated voter registrations.
Clarke County voter rolls contain more people registered to vote than citizens eligible to vote. The complaint argues that Clarke County’s election commission is violating Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Hattiesburg Division.
Read complaint. (PDF 877 KB)
ACRU Sues Third Mississippi County over Dirty Voter Rolls
The American Civil Rights Union today filed a complaint in federal court against another Mississippi county that has corrupted and inflated voter registrations.
ACRU: Did Justice Department Collude with Leftist Groups?
F.O.I.A. Request Seeks Correspondence over Tribal Voting Proposals
ACRU Requests Documents from South Dakota Voter Discrimination Trial
In June 2015, the ACRU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Justice Department regarding actions to force states to hand jurisdiction of polling places over to Native American tribal authorities.
The request to the DOJ’s Office of Civil Rights, the Office of Legal Policy, and the Office of Legislative Affairs seeks copies of documents, letters, e-mails and other communications between Justice officials and several liberal pressure groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) pertaining to a court case, Poor Bear, et al., v. County of Jackson (South Dakota) and to the “Tribal Equal Access to Voting Act of 2015.”
Crucial Texas Voting Case to Be Heard
ACRU Brief Urged Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Counting Illegal Aliens in State Senate Districting
Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 21, 2015) – Non-citizens are registering to vote under current federal law, as shown in documents submitted today by the American Civil Rights Union to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The brief asks the high court to hear arguments by Arizona and Kansas in defense of their request to the EAC to include a citizenship question on federal registration forms in those states.
Read the brief (PDF 177 KB)
Judge Rejects Dismissal, Grants ACRU Standing in Texas County Case
A federal judge has ruled that the American Civil Rights Union has standing to sue Zavala County, Texas, over its inflated voter registrations.