Judge Orders Immediate Expansion of Vote-by-Mail in Tennessee

by Press | Sep 9, 2020 | Press Releases

(Nashville, Tenn.)- A federal judge in Tennessee blocked a law that prevented first-time registered voters from using an absentee ballot Wednesday night, expanding vote-by-mail to tens of thousands of residents. Any Tennessee voter who...

Gov. Bill Lee Not Keen on Voting by Mail in Tennessee

by Press | May 14, 2020 | Newsclips

Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on the Supreme Court Rejecting Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting

by Press | Sep 14, 2026 | Press Releases

Tonight, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected the Trump Administration’s attempt to impose and enforce sweeping new mail-in ballot delivery restrictions that threatened to severely disrupt the midterm elections. The restrictions would have required states...

Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, Black Voters Matter and Common Cause Secure Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump’s USPS Mail Voting Rule

by Press | Sep 14, 2026 | Press Releases

Federal court grants civil rights groups’ request for preliminary injunction, halting new restrictions that threatened mail voting for millions of Americans ahead of November elections. WASHINGTON – A federal judge today granted a nationwide preliminary injunction...

Civil Rights Groups Sue to Block Trump USPS Rules Threatening Mail-In Votes for 48 Million Americans

by Press | Aug 27, 2026 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, Common Cause, and Black Voters Matter filed new claims in federal court today in their lawsuit against the president’s executive order on mail-in voting. The new filing challenges a rule issued...