Overview
Manatt Votes is a nonpartisan, nationwide initiative that provides resources to facilitate and support the right to exercise one of the most precious and fought-for rights that citizens have―the right to vote.
Our Manatt Votes initiative focuses on:
- Assisting the nonpartisan Election Protection (EP) coalition in ensuring all voters have an equal opportunity to participate in elections.
- Ongoing pro bono impact litigation relating to voting rights and encouragement of civic engagement throughout the Manatt community.
- Providing resources for all members of our nationwide Manatt team, our friends, our families, the communities in which we reside and the communities in which our offices are located, regardless of party affiliation.
Election Protection
Through our Manatt Votes initiative, we encourage all of our professionals—both attorneys and consultants—to volunteer with EP efforts and help ensure citizens across the nation have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count.
For more information about EP, click .
Pro Bono Voting Rights Highlights
- Filing an amicus brief on behalf of the before the Georgia Supreme Court in a case about whether the Georgia State Election Board had the legal authority to create several new election rules that were proposed shortly before the 2024 election.
- Filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in highlighting the major implications this case may have on voting rights. The brief argued that accepting the so-called “independent state legislature” theory would result in a flood of new federal election litigation and a legitimacy crisis for the federal judiciary.
- Assisting the in challenging and overturning the adoption of a supervisorial district map that violated California’s FAIR MAPS Act and the California Constitution, showing that it was designed to and did favor one political party over another, deferred and diluted the rights of voters registered with one political party, and interfered with established communities of interest in the County.
- Working with the , Public Counsel, the Law Office of Bryan Sells and the Law Office of Randy Seiler to file a lawsuit on behalf of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and individual voters against the Lyman County Board of Commissioners for supporting an unfair at-large voting system that delayed the rollout of fair election districts for Native American voters in South Dakota.
- Submitting a motion to intervene supporting Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive orders directing California counties to mail ballots to all registered voters for the November 2020 election during the COVID-19 pandemic. The motion was filed on behalf of , the League of Women Voters of California, and Community Coalition.
Nonpartisan and State Resources
All are welcome to use the national, nonpartisan resources listed below for more information about various aspects of the election process, including ballot information, early voting options, ID requirements, polling locations and voting registration deadlines.
Additional Resources for the States/Cities in Which We Have Offices
California
New York
Washington, D.C.
Boston
Chicago
Tampa
