Last Updated: September 14, 2020 at 9:24 PM

New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger

Case Information

Date Filed: May 8, 2020
State: Georgia
Issue: Improper Election Administration
Current Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case 1:20-cv-01986-ELR)

Issue:

Due to the issues presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the plaintiffs are challenging four election policies that they argue risk disenfranchising thousands of Georgia voters:

(1) the lack of standards governing the process for notifying voters regarding incomplete absentee ballot applications;

(2) the failure to provide prepaid postage on absentee ballots;

(3) the rejection of absentee ballots received after 7:00 p.m. on Election Day; and

(4) Georgia’s prohibition on third-party assistance for absentee ballots.

Status:

Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction 6/10/20. Order granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction filed 8/31/20. State's motion to stay filed 9/4/20. Notice of Appeal filed 9/9/20.

District Court Documents

Complaint (4/13/20)

Order Of Recusal. Judge Leigh Martin May Recused (5/4/20)

First Amended Complaint For Injunctive And Declaratory Relief against All Defendants filed by Reagan Jennings, (5/18/20)

Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (6/10/20)

• Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (6/10/20)
• Declaration of Kevin J. Hamilton in Support of Plaintiffs' Preliminary Injunction (6/10/20)

County Defendants' Consolidated Motion to Dismiss (6/26/20)

State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint (6/26/20)

County Defendants' Consilidated Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (7/8/20)

State Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (7/8/20)

Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to State Defendants' Consolidated Motion to Dismiss (7/10/20)

Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to County Defendants' Consolidated Motion to Dismiss (7/10/20)

Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction (7/16/20)

Declaration of Kevin J. Hamilton in Support of Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction (7/17/20)

Reply Brief in Support of County Defendants' Consolidated Motion to Dismiss (7/24/20)

State Defendants' Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint (7/24/20)

Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction and the Second Declaration of Kevin J. Hamilton with Related Notice Filings and Exhibits Thereto (7/27/20)

Order Granting the Motion for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief from Public Interest Legal Foundation and Landmark Legal Foundation (7/30/20)

Order Granting In Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction and the Second Declaration of Kevin J. Hamilton with Related Notice Filings and Exhibits Thereto (8/3/20)

State Defendants' Sur-Reply in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (8/12/20)

Order (8/31/20)

State Defendants' Notice of Appeal (9/4/20)

State Defendants' Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal and Brief in Support (9/4/20)

County Defendants' Response to State Defendants' Motion to Stay (9/11/20)

Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to State Defendants' Motion to Stay Pending Appeal (9/11/20)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Documents

Notice of Appeal (9/9/20)