United States v. Scanlan (Amicus)

On behalf of the ACLU of New Hampshire and League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, the ACLU and New Hampshire, along with Campaign Legal Center and the Brennan Center, sought leave from the court to file an amicus brief in support of New Hampshire in a suit brought by the Department of Justice against the New Hampshire Secretary of State, who refused to turn over voter file information except as required by law. The Court granted the motion and accepted the amicus brief. The federal laws concerning voter list maintenance balance the constitutional rights of voters with the need for transparency. The amicus brief seeks to provide that perspective of the balance that has been struck, such that the federal government is not entitled to the complete unredacted voter file.

In the brief, the ACLU urged the court to conclude that the federal government may not force New Hampshire to turn over the entirety of its voter registration database.