by Press | Apr 19, 2016 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Penny Pritzker, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has entered into a landmark class action settlement with African American and Latino plaintiffs whose applications for more than a million temporary jobs for the 2010 decennial...
by Press | Apr 18, 2016 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2016 – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the United States v. Texas case, reviewing two Obama administration programs – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Deferred Action for Parents of...
by Press | Apr 18, 2016 | Press Releases
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) Available Now; Live Assistance on Primary Election Day Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, as New York voters prepare to cast ballots for the April 19 primary election, Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection...
by Press | Apr 15, 2016 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, April 19, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Parental Readiness and Empowerment Program (PREP), in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Equity Center (MAEC) and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights...
by Press | Apr 14, 2016 | Press Releases
Groups Note Likely Chilling Effect on Minority Voter Turnout That Will Result from Macon-Bibb Board of Election’s Decision to Move Polling Site to Law Enforcement Agency WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2016 – This week, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Apr 5, 2016 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nationwide nonpartisan Election Protection voter hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE, received over 300 calls from Wisconsin during the April 5 presidential preference primary, as of 7 p.m. EDT. The hotline received calls throughout the day from Wisconsin...
