In this 2024 case, two residents of Gwinnett County, the state’s second most populous county and part of the Atlanta metro area, brought a federal lawsuit to force a statewide purge of thousands of voters and asked for emergency relief ahead of the 2024 general election.
In October 2024, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a motion to intervene in the case on behalf of the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund and Common Cause Georgia. The motion sought dismissal of the case on the grounds that the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”) prohibits systemic voter removal programs within 90 days of a federal election.
The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. The plaintiffs ultimately retracted their request for emergency relief in an amended complaint. Because the plaintiffs were no longer seeking list maintenance within 90 days of the election, as prohibited by the NVRA, the SPLC did not seek further intervention in the case.
