Election officials should make sure theres some substance to allegations before holding press conferences shortly before elections, said Julie Houk, an attorney for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Washington-based civil rights organization.
Date: Feb 08, 2021
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Federal judge rules Georgia must ease procedure for voters proving citizenship
Julie Houk, a lawyer for the civil rights groups, said that's not what's happening. She told the story of a recently naturalized citizen who went to a Fulton County early voting location where there was no deputy registrar present. The poll manager didn't send the man's citizenship proof to a deputy
"A receiver is now required to do what city and (Oakland Police Department) officials have refused to do," wrote John Burris, James Chanin and Julie Houk, in a 57-page motion to U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson.