PILF filed a lawsuit in federal court against Brenda Snipes, the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, for failure to maintain accurate and current voter rolls and for failure to provide records related to voter roll maintenance and possible noncitizen voters, as required by federal law.
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (No. 16-cv-61474)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (No. 18-11808-GG)
Trial Court Documents
- Complaint (June 27, 2016)
- Order on Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Motion to Exclude Opinions and Testimony (July 12, 2017)
- Bench Trial Opening Statement (July 25, 2017)
- Plaintiff’s Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (October 20, 2017)
- Trial Court Order (March 30, 2018)
- Plaintiff’s Notice of Appeal (April 29, 2018)
11th Circuit Court of Appeals Documents
- Brief for the Appellant American Civil Rights Union (August 13, 2018)
- Reply Brief for Appellant American Civil Rights Union (October 9, 2018)
- Opinion (August 22, 2019)
Press Releases
- Broward County Sued for Corrupt Voter Rolls (June 27, 2016)
- PILF Scores Early Court Victories in Florida Voter Roll Cleanup Suit (July 13, 2017)
- Dates for Broward County Voter Roll Trial Released (July 18, 2017)
- Broward County Voter Roll Trial Continues (July 30, 2017)
Relevant Press Clips
- Sun-Sentinel: Broward’s voting rolls challenged by group (July 25, 2017)
- LifeZette: Florida County Has ‘Thousands’ of Voters Over Age 100 (July 26, 2017)
- Sun-Sentinel: Broward elections supervisor Brenda Snipes to testify in voter list trial (July 27, 2017)
- Miami Herald: Broward elections supervisor to testify in federal voter roll lawsuit in Miami (July 28, 2017)
- Sun-Sentinel: Broward election supervisor makes changes after being sued (July 31, 2017)
- Local 10 News Miami: Brenda Snipes Defends Office in Federal Court amid Lawsuit (July 31, 2017)
- LifeZette: Broward Co. Elections Chief Admits She Has Seen Fraud (August 1, 2017)
- Sun-Sentinel: Trial over Broward County’s disputed voting lists ends (August 2, 2017)
- Sun-Sentinel: Broward voter rolls case has national implications (August 6, 2017)
- The Washington Times: Election Integrity Needs to Be a Top Priority (August 7, 2017)
- Sun-Sentinel: Broward needs to trim its voting lists, group tells judge (October 24, 2017)
- The Christian Science Monitor: Securing the vote: could Henny Nelson, age 131, help Russia rig an election? (November 3, 2017)
- The Christian Science Monitor: Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud and voting rights collide (November 6, 2017)
- POLITICO: Experts: Broward’s elections chief broke law in destroying ballots (December 15, 2017)
- Breitbart News; Florida Official Overseeing Vote Count Destroyed Ballots, Accused of Not Removing Dead Voters from Rolls (November 8, 2018)
- The Daily Wire; Broward County Supervisor Of Elections Has A Sketchy History (November 9, 2018)
- The Daily Signal; Trump Calls Out Embattled County Election Official in Florida Vote-Count Mess (November 10, 2018)
- The New York Times; Before the Fights Over Recounts: An Election Day Vote on Voting (November 12, 2018)
- Breitbart News; Soros-Funded Groups Defended Broward’s Brenda Snipes in Lawsuit Alleging Inaccurate Voter Rolls (November 13, 2018)
- PJ Media; Federal Judge Rebuked Broward Supervisor for Hiding ‘Mystery’ Voter Roll Manual (November 13, 2018)