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9 Court Cases
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Sep 21, 2023
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  • Voting Rights

AMICUS BRIEF: League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, et al. v. Schwab and Kobach

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Sep 15, 2023
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  • Voting Rights

AMICUS BRIEF: Vote America and Voter Participation Center v. Schwab, Kobach, Howe

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Dec 16, 2022
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Coca and Rangel-Lopez v. City of Dodge City

On December 15, 2022, the ACLU of Kansas, UCLA Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono partner Cleary Gottlieb LLP filed a federal challenge to the at-large method of elections in Dodge City, Kansas, charging it unlawfully dilutes the voting power of Latine* residents.
Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
redistricting: the fight for fair maps in kansas
  • Voting Rights

Alonzo et al. v. Schwab et al. (Rivera v. Schwab)

On February 14, 2021, the ACLU of Kansas and partners filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map. On May 18, 2022, the Supreme Court of Kansas ruled against the Plaintiffs, allowing the Ad Astra 2 map to take effect.
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Dec 15, 2020
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Loud Light & Hammet v. Schwab (2020)

In December 2020, the ACLU of Kansas brought a suit on behalf of nonprofit Loud Light and its founder and Executive Director Davis Hammett against Secretary of Scott Schwab for violating his office's obligation to follow the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA).
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Jun 24, 2020
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LOUD LIGHT & HAMMET V. SCHWAB

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Jun 13, 2019
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Clark et al v. Schwab and Metsker

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Oct 26, 2018
Dodge City LOL
  • Voting Rights

KS LULAC and Rangel-Lopez v. Cox

Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
Kris Kobach cares more about his illegal voter suppression experiment than following laws that protect you from identity theft and fraud. So we're suing him (again).
  • Voting Rights

Moore v. Schwab (previously Moore v. Kobach)

On June 19, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a class-action lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on behalf of three individual plaintiffs, who had their constitutional rights to privacy violated by Sec. Kobach's office through the Crosscheck program.
Court Case
Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
  • Voting Rights

AMICUS BRIEF: League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, et al. v. Schwab and Kobach

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Sep 15, 2023
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Sep 15, 2023
  • Voting Rights

AMICUS BRIEF: Vote America and Voter Participation Center v. Schwab, Kobach, Howe

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Dec 16, 2022
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Dec 16, 2022
  • Voting Rights

Coca and Rangel-Lopez v. City of Dodge City

On December 15, 2022, the ACLU of Kansas, UCLA Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono partner Cleary Gottlieb LLP filed a federal challenge to the at-large method of elections in Dodge City, Kansas, charging it unlawfully dilutes the voting power of Latine* residents.
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Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
redistricting: the fight for fair maps in kansas
Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
  • Voting Rights

Alonzo et al. v. Schwab et al. (Rivera v. Schwab)

On February 14, 2021, the ACLU of Kansas and partners filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map. On May 18, 2022, the Supreme Court of Kansas ruled against the Plaintiffs, allowing the Ad Astra 2 map to take effect.
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Dec 15, 2020
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Dec 15, 2020
  • Voting Rights

Loud Light & Hammet v. Schwab (2020)

In December 2020, the ACLU of Kansas brought a suit on behalf of nonprofit Loud Light and its founder and Executive Director Davis Hammett against Secretary of Scott Schwab for violating his office's obligation to follow the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA).
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Jun 24, 2020
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Jun 24, 2020
  • Voting Rights

LOUD LIGHT & HAMMET V. SCHWAB

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Jun 13, 2019
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Jun 13, 2019
  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Clark et al v. Schwab and Metsker

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Court Case
Oct 26, 2018
Dodge City LOL
Court Case
Oct 26, 2018
  • Voting Rights

KS LULAC and Rangel-Lopez v. Cox

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Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
Kris Kobach cares more about his illegal voter suppression experiment than following laws that protect you from identity theft and fraud. So we're suing him (again).
Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
  • Voting Rights

Moore v. Schwab (previously Moore v. Kobach)

On June 19, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a class-action lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on behalf of three individual plaintiffs, who had their constitutional rights to privacy violated by Sec. Kobach's office through the Crosscheck program.
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