Brief amici curiae of DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al., No. 26A305

… These barriers include unique burdens on survivors’ ability to safely exercise their right to vote. In almost every state, voter registration information is considered part of the public record.8 As a result, “[p]eople experiencing or who have experienced intimate partner violence may have significant privacy concerns related to the voter registration process,” and “[t]he fear of being found might deter victims from 3 Today, 45 states and the District of Columbia have some type of ACP. See Address Confidentiality Programs by State, Nat’l Ass’n of Confidential Address Programs (June 18, 2025), https://perma.cc/2UHB-ESX9. 4 VAWnet, Address Confidentiality Programs, Nat’l Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) (Jan. 2016), https://perma.cc/4LVC-SQUC. 5 The Department of Justice defines domestic violence as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate …