Last Updated: November 4, 2014 at 6:02 PM
NAACP v. Kemp
Case Information
Date Filed: October 10, 2014
State: Georgia
Issue: Voter Registration
Courts that Heard this Case: Superior Court of Fulton County (Case 2014CV252546)
Issue:
Whether the Secretary of State is unlawfully denying citizens the right to vote by failing to make timely eligibility decisions.
Status:
Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed 10/14/14. Order Denying Motion for Expedited Discovery filed 10/20/14. Muscogee County's Answer filed 10/22/14. Order Dismissing Petition filed 10/28/14.
District Court Documents
- Petition for Writ of Mandamus
(filed 10/10/14) - Supplemental Statement of Stacey Abrams (filed 10/13/14)
- Affidavit of Thomas Bonier (filed 10/13/14)
- Scheduling Order (filed 10/14/14)
- Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Defendants (filed 10/15/14)
- Plaintiff''s Motion to Take Expedited Discovery (filed 10/17/14)
- Joint Motion to Dismiss Certain Defendants (filed 10/20/14)
- Email Communications (filed 10/20/14)
- Order denying Motion to Take Expedited Discovery (filed 10/20/14)
- Muscogee County's Answer (filed 10/22/14)
- Order Dismissing Petition (filed 10/28/14)
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Commentary
Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
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