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Voting Rights Experience



  • ACORN, et al. v. Bysiewicz
    ACORN, et al. v. Bysiewicz
    Represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional Connecticut’s 14-day voter registration deadline, which imposes different rules for access to the franchise. more
  • Prairie View Chapter of the NAACP
    Prairie View Chapter of the NAACP, et al. v. Oliver S. Kitzman
    Represented the NAACP’s Prairie View, Texas chapter in lawsuits addressing election-time violations by District Attorney Oliver S. Kitzman and the Commissioners’ Court of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act. more
  • AALDEF
    Voting Rights Lawsuit Against the New York City Board of Elections
    Representing several individual and organizational plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) by the New York City Board of Elections.
  • Arturo Otero
    Voting Rights Suit - Arthur Otero
    WGM represented Arturo Otero, a Hispanic citizen of Puerto Rican heritage and candidate who seeks to intervene in a voting rights suit against Osceola County, Florida. The US Department of Justice alleges that the at large system currently in place for electing the members of Osceola County’s Board of Commissioners violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Otero disagrees with that contention and sees the lawsuit and its objectives as greater hindrances to the exercise of political power by Hispanics. A separate suit challenges Kissimmee’s similar at-large system for electing its city commissioners.
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