Four Indiana nonpartisan voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday for two new Indiana election proof of citizenship laws arguing that recently naturalized Hoosiers have been “needlessly harmed” by the unnecessary provisions.

The League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Hoosier Asian American Power, and Exodus Refugee Immigration sued Secretary of State Diego Morales, and Indiana Election Division co-directors J. Bradley King and Angela Nussmeyer for House Enrolled Act 1264 and House Enrolled Act 1680.

Nussmeyer said she can’t comment on pending litigation. King and Morales did not respond to requests for comment.

Since July 1, the state has enforced the two laws, which “rely on stale, error-ridden data and demand that only certain U.S. citize

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