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Advocacy Blog
Friday, August 15, 2008
New Voter Rights Project Provides Access to Legal Documents
The Voter Rights Protection Project, which was recently launched by the Campaign Legal Center, provides legal documents to help protect the right to vote. According to the Campaign Legal Center, the Project provides "generic drafts of potential court filings to individuals, organizations, and political parties who must resort to the courts to protect the fundamental rights of citizens to vote." The templates are publicly available, and information about the Project has been sent to the leaders of both major political parties, as well as to the campaigns of the presumptive presidential nominees for both major political parties.
The template will enable individuals, advocacy groups, political parties, and candidates to seek legal recourse for any problems that occur either prior to or during the election.
"When things go wrong on Election Day, as they sometimes do, citizens deserve legal recourse to ensure their voting rights are protected and their votes are counted," said J. Gerald Hebert, Executive Director and Director of Litigation for the Campaign Legal Center.
Interested parties can access the templates on the Campaign Legal Center's website in September. They can also send them via email upon request.
Posted by Lateefah Williams
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