On September 14, 2023, we filed an amicus brief together with the national ACLU and several other ACLU affiliates in Vote America v. Schwab, a voting rights and First Amendment case in the Tenth Circuit. The case presented a challenge to a Kansas law that restricted voting rights by criminally prohibiting out-of-state civil organizations from personalizing absentee voting applications by prefilling the voters’ basic information from the voter file. The district court struck down the statute as a violation of the First Amendment in the voting rights/electoral context, upholding the rights of organizations to support voters who want to submit absentee applications. Our amicus brief supports striking down the restrictions as a violation of the First Amendment and sets the record straight regarding the protections afforded to core political speech.
Amicus Brief in Vote America v. Schwab
Attorney(s)
ACLU of Utah; ACLU, ACLU of Kansas, ACLU of Colorado, ACLU of New Mexico, ACLU of Oklahoma, ACLU of Wyoming
Date filed
September 14, 2023
Court
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Judge
Hon. Kathryn H. Vratil
Status
Amicus Curiae
Case number
2:21-cv-2253