Election Law Live

Palm Beach FL Elections Chief Susan Bucher Suspended

(WEST PALM BEACH, FL.) – January 18, 2019: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) today commended Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to suspend Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher. “Governor DeSantis is absolutely right to suspend Supervisor Bucher,” PILF President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said. “Unlike the recently suspended supervisors in […]

PILF Threatens Virginia with Lawsuit over Voter Roll Maintenance Procedures

(ALEXANDRIA, VA.) – December 13, 2018: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) placed the Virginia Department of Elections on notice that litigation will commence unless it corrects voter roll maintenance procedures involving “non-citizen” removals under federal law. The Foundation warns that Commonwealth election officials are wrongfully removing actual U.S.citizen registrants while detecting and clearing foreign nationals […]

7 Reasons for Summary Judgment in Harris County Noncitizen Voter Data Case

(HOUSTON, TX.) – November 21, 2018: The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s (PILF) filed a motion for summary judgment, citing a variety of undisputed facts regarding Harris County’s possession and refusal to disclose noncitizen voter records as required by federal law. “The facts in this case are clear-cut and lead us to seek summary judgment to […]

Census Citizenship Question, PILF Briefs Get SCOTUS Hearing

PILF Submits Lone Brief in Support of Government’s Position (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – November 19, 2018: The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s (PILF) filed the only amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Department of Commerce’s request that the Court hear its case. The high court agreed to review the case and […]

PILF to SCOTUS: 2020 Census Needs Citizenship Question

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – November 13, 2018: The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) requested leave to file an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Department of Commerce’s positions regarding the proposed citizenship question for the 2020 Census. The United States is currently defending the reinstatement of a citizenship question on […]