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PILF Scores Early Court Victories in Florida Voter Roll Cleanup Suit

Court Recognizes Value in Calculating Voter Roll Bloat Rates

(MIAMI, FL.) – July 13, 2017: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) today released a statement applauding several decisions related to a legal challenge over Broward County, Florida’s bloated voter registration records (ACRU v. Snipes).

The United States District Court in the Southern District of Florida weighed a number of matters related to proper voter list maintenance procedures; the validity of voter roll research methodologies; acceptable expert witness testimony; and others when largely denying Broward County and the SEIU United Healthcare Workers Local 1199’s joint requests for summary judgment.

“The Court offered a number of common-sense rulings in the face of Broward County’s claims that voter rolls are regularly scrubbed of outdated and ineligible records,” PILF Communications Director Logan Churchwell said. “The Court recognized that despite the County’s assurances to the contrary, one cannot dismiss the fact that Broward has more registered voters than resident citizens.”

Below is a summary of observations made by the Court to deny motions for summary judgment and prohibit certain plaintiff experts.

The Court recognized the value in studying voter registration totals against U.S. Census data.

“The Court does not agree with Snipes and United that outcomes bear no significance whatsoever when it comes to determining whether an election official has met her duties under a statute through which one of Congress’ stated purposes is to ‘ensure that accurate and current voter registration rolls are maintained’.”

“Ultimately, taking ACRU’s evidence as true, the voter registration rates extrapolated from Broward County’s voter rolls at the very least create a reasonable inference that Snipes, despite all of the stated list maintenance efforts she has undertaken, has failed to meet the reasonableness requirement under subsection (a)(4) of Section 8.”

The Court found that simply claiming to send mailings to relocating voters does not immunize registrars from scrutiny. 

“[T]his Court holds that although an election official’s particular [National Change of Address] process for identifying and removing voters who have changed their residence is “permissible under the NVRA” … such a process does not necessarily demonstrate full satisfaction of all the duties owed by that election official…”

The Court granted entry to two plaintiff experts, despite the defendants’ extensive efforts to exclude them from further proceedings.

Former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler will “opine on industry practices he is familiar with, what he perceives as deficiencies in [Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office’s] list maintenance program, and how he believes such deficiencies can be remedied.”

Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Dr. Steven Camarota will testify on the rates of voter registration for Broward County that exceed 100 percent of the eligible population.

A separate court recently recognized the value in voter registration calculations to pinpoint bloated jurisdictions like in Wake County, North Carolina, where a PILF client, Voter Integrity Project-NC, successfully defeated a dismissal motion on similar grounds.

The Broward County matter is expected to proceed to a trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida at the Wilkie D. Ferguson United States Courthouse later in July. Dates will be announced upon release.

A copy of the ruling, entered on July 12, 2017 has been made available, here.

Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) is a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm dedicated to election integrity. The Foundation exists to assist states and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against lawlessness in American elections. Drawing on numerous experts in the field, PILF seeks to protect the right to vote and preserve the Constitutional framework of American elections.

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Comment on J. Christian Adams’ Appointment to Trump Voting Commission

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – July 10, 2017: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) today offered comment on the Trump Administration’s decision to appoint PILF President J. Christian Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

“J. Christian Adams brings years of experience in protecting the rights of legitimate voters both inside and out of government to this Commission,” PILF Communications Director Logan Churchwell said. “Adams has successfully litigated against discriminatory voting districts, intimidation, jurisdictions failing to offer foreign language ballots, and counties with bloated voter rolls.

“Adams also brings deep experience in successfully dislodging voter data from states and locales that refused to disclose public records—most recently in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Churchwell added.

Under J. Christian Adams’ leadership, the Public Interest Legal Foundation achieved the following in 2017:

• Inked an agreement with the Wake County, NC, board of elections to more regularly perform voter roll maintenance procedures;
• Co-authored a report, Best Practices for Achieving Integrity in Voter Registration, with fellow election law experts;
• Published Alien Invasion II, finding more than 5,500 voters removed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for noncitizenship reasons—one third of them cast ballots;
• Urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to clean up the “ideological rot” that has plagued the DOJ Civil Rights Division for decades and later commended the nomination of Eric Dreiband to be the next AAG for Civil Rights;
• Defeated two Virginia jurisdictions’ attempts to suppress voter roll maintenance data from public inspection; and
• Developed a consent decree with Noxubee County, Mississippi, to clean bloated voter rolls.

Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) is a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm dedicated to election integrity. The Foundation exists to assist states and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against lawlessness in American elections. Drawing on numerous experts in the field, PILF seeks to protect the right to vote and preserve the Constitutional framework of American elections.

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PILF Praises Eric Dreiband Nomination

Demonstrates Commitment to Rule of Law at Civil Rights Division

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – June 29, 2017: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) today praised President Donald Trump’s selection of Eric Dreiband to run the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as Assistant Attorney General.

“Eric Dreiband is the right pick to return the Civil Rights Division to a tradition of enforcing the law free from politics,” PILF President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said. “He is the right person to renew the Division’s commitment to the Rule of Law – protecting the rights of all Americans. Further, the DOJ should again enforce laws requiring clean voter rolls and clean elections.

“The Division will hopefully return to enforcing all voting laws,” Adams added. “For too long, partisan interests drove civil rights enforcement. Refusal to hold states accountable for voter roll maintenance duties has generated fraud, confusion, and suspicion in our elections. The Voting Rights Act was designed to correct historic wrongs and confront future threats. Unfortunately, the Voting Rights Act was only enforced by the Obama Justice Department if it helped Democrat Party interests. This law must be enforced to protect all Americans.

“Mr. Dreiband will inherit a Division that has seen multiple federal courts scold lawyers for misconduct or bringing abusive cases. The American people expect Justice Department lawyers to tell the truth, follow the law, and protect civil rights rather than infringe them. For the last eight years, misconduct of every sort has affected Civil Rights Division enforcement.” 

Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) is a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm dedicated to election integrity. The Foundation exists to assist states and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against lawlessness in American elections. Drawing on numerous experts in the field, PILF seeks to protect the right to vote and preserve the Constitutional framework of American elections.

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