Georgia: Schwier decision's collateral damage to Secretary Cox's position
Bradley E. Heard emails about the Schwier decision: Neil Bradley was the attorney on the case. As you know, Neil also wrote a friend-of-the-court brief in support of my clients' position in the Charles H. Wesley Education Foundation v. Cox voter registration case, which upheld the right of private non-deputized voter registration groups to conduct voter registration drives in Georgia at times and locations of their choosing.
The other good news about the Schwier decision is that since the SSNs can no longer be required on the applications, this basically destroys Secretary Cox's arguments that her restrictive voter registration restrictions were needed in order to prevent identity theft and/or that the Wesley Foundation lawsuit was somehow dangerous and irresponsible. Hopefully, Cox won't decide to appeal this decision like she did with ours!
Congrats to Neil and the ACLU Voting Rights Project on a great victory!