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PILF Appeals PA County’s Order to Remove Election Judge During 2026 Primary
MOSCOW BOROUGH, PA -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed an appeal of an order removing elected Lackawanna County Judge of Elections, Teresa Ripley. She was not notified and did not have an opportunity to defend herself before police vacated her from...
New Mexico Withholds Files of Wrongful Voter Roll Purges Using ERIC Data
(Alexandria, VA) June 3, 2026 -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a federal lawsuit against New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver for violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), commonly known as “Motor Voter.” The...
PILF Statement: SCOTUS Ruling on Alabama’s Redistricting Map
(Alexandria, VA) June 3, 2026 -- Following the Supreme Court’s decision permitting Alabama to implement its new congressional map, J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, issued the following statement: “The Court...
New Brief: Newsom’s Prop 50 Map ‘Violates the Civil Rights of Californians’
(Alexandria, VA) May 26, 2026 — The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) recently filed a brief responding to the California Defendants’ motions to dismiss Noyes v. Newsom, which challenges California’s redistricting map adopted through Proposition 50...
Lawsuit: Illinois Violates Fifteenth Amendment, Voting Rights Act After Callais Decision
Alexandria, VA (May 11, 2026) – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed the first lawsuit after the Louisiana v. Callais decision (United States Supreme Court case no. 24-109) against Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Board of Elections challenging the...
PILF Intervenes in Louisiana Citizenship Verification for Voting Case
Alexandria, VA (May 4, 2026) – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) seeks to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Louisiana aimed at verifying registrants’ citizenship status. As a plaintiff-intervenor, PILF would uniquely advance the State’s effort to collect...
PILF Applauds Callais Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 29, 2026) – The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Western District of Louisiana’s decision that a recently redrawn legislative map may not be used in future elections (Louisiana v Callais). “The now defunct map was drawn for one purpose only –...
EAC Board of Advisors Meeting Summary
(Washington, DC) April 28, 2026 – Today members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors met today including J. Christian Adams, President of the Public Interest Legal Foundation and Hans von Spakovsky, Chairman of the PILF board. They...
PILF Commends Alabama for Reducing Voter Roll Access Cost
(Alexandria, VA) April 28, 2026 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) applauds Alabama for capping the cost of its public voter roll. Before HB 67, Alabama had the most expensive list in the nation at $37,000. In September 2025, PILF warned Alabama election...