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AMENDED COMPLAINT BUILDING INSTITUTE, TERESA for INJUNCTIVE and BETTIS, SHERYL THREADGILL- DECLARATORY RELIEF MATTHEWS, and GREGORY BENTLEY Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK Document 75 Filed 07/06/20 Page 1 of 81 FILED 2020 Jul-06 PM 08:04 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION PEOPLE FIRST OF ALABAMA, ROBERT CLOPTON, ERIC PEEBLES, HOWARD PORTER, JR., ANNIE CAROLYN THOMPSON, GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES, ALABAMA STATE Case No.: 2:20-cv-00619-AKK CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP, BLACK VOTERS MATTER CAPACITY FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT BUILDING INSTITUTE, TERESA FOR INJUNCTIVE AND BETTIS, SHERYL THREADGILL- DECLARATORY RELIEF MATTHEWS, and GREGORY BENTLEY, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MERRILL, in his official capacity as the Secretary of State of Alabama, STATE OF ALABAMA, JOJO SCHWARZAUER; JACQUELINE ANDERSON-SMITH; KAREN DUNN BURKS; MARY B. ROBERSON; JAMES MAJORS; GINA JOBE ISHMAN; DEBRA KIZER; RUBY JONES THOMAS, JOHNNIE MAE KING; CAROLYN DAVIS-POSEY; SHERRI FRIDAY; JAMES NAFTEL II; DON DAVIS; BILL ENGLISH; LASHANDRA MYRICK; FRANK BARGER; J.C. LOVE, III; and BRITNEY JONES-ALEXANDER, all in their official capacities as the absentee election managers, circuit clerks, or probate judges for Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, and Wilcox Counties. Defendants. Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK Document 75 Filed 07/06/20 Page 2 of 81 INTRODUCTION 1. Plaintiffs People First of Alabama, Robert Clopton, Eric Peebles, Howard Porter, Jr., Annie Carolyn Thompson, Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Teresa Bettis, Sheryl Threadgill- Matthews, and Gregory Bentley (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) file this First Amended Complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendants Secretary of State John Merrill, the State of Alabama, and JoJo Schwarzauer, Jacqueline Anderson-Smith, Karen Dunn Burks, Mary B. Roberson,1 James Majors, Gina Jobe Ishman, Debra Kizer, Ruby Jones Thomas, Johnnie Mae King, Carolyn Davis-Posey, Sherri Friday, James Naftel II, Bill English, Don Davis, Lashandra Myrick, Frank Barger, J.C. Love III, and Britney Jones-Alexander, the Circuit Clerks, Probate Judges, and Absentee Election Managers for the counties of Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, and Wilcox, (collectively, “Defendants”) for failing to take adequate steps to protect the fundamental right to vote ahead of all upcoming 2020 elections, including, but not limited to the July 14 primary runoff, August 25 municipal elections and November 3 general election (hereinafter, the “2020 elections”), amid the unprecedented national and statewide COVID-19 public health crisis, as well as failing to comply with federal civil rights and voting rights law. 2. The United States and the State of Alabama are in a state of emergency. COVID- 19 is spreading rapidly throughout the country, infecting over 2.4 million people, including in Alabama, which has over 44,375 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 984 deaths.2 The Director of 1 Plaintiffs and Defendant Mary Roberson have reached a settlement. Doc. 72. Upon the entry of the appropriate order, Plaintiffs agree that Defendant Roberson should be dismissed from this action. Doc. 71. 2 Alabama's COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard, Ala. Dep’t of Pub. Health, https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7 (last visited July 6, 2020). 2 Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK Document 75 Filed 07/06/20 Page 3 of 81 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, now estimates based on antibody tests that the actual number of infections is 10 times as high as the confirmed cases,3 meaning that at least 24 million Americans and upwards of 440,000 Alabamians have been infected as of July 6. 3. As a result, in early April, Governor Kay Ivey ordered Alabama residents to stay at home absent specific reasons not to, and the Alabama Department of Public Health (“ADPH”) and the CDC likewise advised people to remain in their homes and follow social distancing protocols. In a communal effort to slow the spread of the disease and save lives, the Governor also closed government offices, schools, and businesses, and strongly urged people to limit person-to- person interactions to their family and avoid large gatherings. 4. On April 28, 2020, Governor Ivey amended Alabama’s “Safer-at-Home” public health order, allowing some businesses to open subject to sanitation and social-distancing guidelines, but still encouraged individuals—especially those at higher risk of death or serious illness from COVID-19 infection—to stay home. The Safer-at-Home order was most recently renewed and amended on June 30, 2020, and, among other restrictions and recommendations, it prohibits as of May 11, 2020, all non-work related gatherings of any size where a six-foot distance could not be maintained.4 5. This crisis is likely to persist for many more months or longer. Indeed, as soon as Alabama began to lift many of these restrictions in place, COVID-19 cases began rising even faster 3 Lena H. Sun & Joel Achenbach, CDC chief says coronavirus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: Agency expands list of people at risk of severe illness, including pregnant women, Wash. Post (Jun. 25, 2020), https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/25/coronavirus-cases-10-times-larger/. 4 Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19, Amended June 30, 2020 (June 30, 2020), https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2020/06/2020-06-30-Safer-at-Home- Order.pdf. 3 Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK Document 75 Filed 07/06/20 Page 4 of 81 in Alabama than most other states in the nation. Over the past two weeks, Alabama has had the second highest number of new cases per capita in the country5 and, as of June 25, 82% of Alabama’s intensive care unit beds are now full due to COVID-19 patients.6 6. Given these extraordinary circumstances, Secretary Merrill has waived the excuse requirement for absentee voters for the July 14, 2020 primary runoff election. But despite fast- rising COVID-19 cases and deaths and the reality that community transmission will continue throughout at least the remainder of 2020, he has failed to take such action for any other 2020 elections, including the August municipal elections and the November general election. 7. Alabama’s absentee voting excuse requirements and multiple other provisions of Alabama law, policy, and/or practice that establish requirements for voting in-person and by-mail will pose direct and severe obstacles to voting, namely: (1) Alabama’s strict limitations on the categories of individuals who may vote by absentee mail ballot for elections other than the July primary runoff election, Ala. Code § 17-11-3; (2) the requirement that the affidavit that must be included with an absentee ballot be signed by the voter in the presence of either a notary or two adult witnesses, id. §§ 17-11-7 to 17-11-10; (3) the requirement that copies of photo identification accompany absentee ballot applications, id. § 17-9-30(b); (4) the requirement that copies of photo identification accompany certain absentee ballots, id. §§ 17-11-9 and 17-11-10(c); and (5) the de facto ban on curbside voting (collectively, the “Challenged Provisions”). 8. First, Plaintiffs’ challenge Alabama’s maintenance of a strict set of limitations on who can vote by absentee ballot (the “Excuse Requirement”) during community transmission of 5 AP, Coronavirus cases spike in Alabama — ‘We are extremely concerned about these numbers’ , CNBC (June 21, 2020), https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/21/coronavirus-cases-spike-in-alabama-we-are-extremely-concerned-about- these-numbers.html. 6 Marty Johnson, Alabama ICU beds 82 percent full as coronavirus cases soar, The Hill (June 26, 2020), https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/504668-alabama-icu-beds-82-percent-full-as-coronavirus-cases-soar. 4 Case 2:20-cv-00619-AKK Document 75 Filed 07/06/20 Page 5 of 81 COVID-19, including for all upcoming 2020 elections. The Excuse Requirement limits the individuals who may vote absentee to seven delineated categories. None of these categories include Plaintiffs or other high-risk voters like people who are aged 65 and older or people with disabilities, like diabetes, asthma, or autoimmune deficiencies, that place them at higher risk of death or serious illness from contracting COVID-19. The Excuse Requirement demands that an otherwise eligible voter submit an absentee ballot application no less than five days before the relevant election, attesting that they have one of the seven excuses enumerated in section 17-11- 3(a) of the Alabama Code.7 9. Second, Plaintiffs challenge Alabama’s requirement that a voter casting an absentee ballot sign it before a notary or two witnesses (the “Witness Requirement”). State law requires that, in addition to the signature of the voter, all mail-in ballots must contain a signed affidavit witnessed by either a notary public or two third-party witnesses over age 18 who are not then candidates for public office; otherwise, the ballot goes uncounted. 10. Both the Excuse Requirement and the Witness Requirement pose an unreasonable obstacle to many thousands of vulnerable Alabamians’ ability to safely vote in the 2020 elections due to the near certainty of continuing community spread of COVID-19 throughout 2020. 11. Maintaining the Excuse Requirement threatens to disenfranchise or severely burden the right to vote of hundreds of thousands of Alabamians, like Plaintiffs and the members and constituents of organizational Plaintiffs, by requiring them to risk their health or the health of their 7 Additionally, individuals who require emergency treatment by a physician within five days of the election may apply for an emergency absentee ballot and must return the ballot by noon on Election Day.
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