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Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials v. Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections
Closed
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials v. Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections, No. 1:20-cv-01587 (N.D. Ga.), 2020 WL 2505535 |
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| Case Summary | Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used CARES Act funds to mail English-only absentee ballots to Georgia's 6.9 million active voters. Plaintiffs challenge this as unlawful under Sections 203 and 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. | |
| Filed | 04/14/2020 | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Eleventh Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 03/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Language Access | |
| Complaint(s) | 04/14/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| 04/17/2020: Complaint, First Amended Complaint filed. | ||
| 06/08/2020: Complaint, Second Amended Complaint filed. | ||
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 05/08/2020: Order/Ruling, PI Denied | |
| 10/05/2020: Other, The court found that the plaintiffs lacked standing and failed to state a claim in their allegation that Georgia absentee information should be available in Spanish and not exclusively in English. Case dismissed. | ||
