Bio
Ceridwen Cherry is a former Staff Attorney in the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Voting Rights Project, where she specialized in National Voter Registration Act compliance. She litigates voting rights cases throughout the country, including challenges to discriminatory voter identification and registration requirements. She also works to protect the right to vote by mail in light of COVID-19. Ceridwen served as part of the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ team that won the Supreme Court case challenging, and defeating, the unlawful attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
Before joining the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, Ceridwen practiced at two law firms in Washington, D.C. and was a law clerk to the Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Ceridwen received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an editor for the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. She holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.
Ceridwen is based in Washington, D.C.
Featured work

Mar 7, 2023
Biden Can Expand Voting Access Through His Executive Order

Sep 22, 2020
Nearly Three Million Voter Registration Applications Mailed to Low Income Voters

Aug 20, 2018
Arizona Could Illegally Disenfranchise 500,000 or More Voters

Jun 6, 2018
Census Citizenship Question Illegally Discriminates Against Immigrants