by Press | Mar 23, 2016 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – On March 22, a coalition of voting rights advocates and North Carolina citizens asked a federal judge in Winston-Salem to issue an interim order to prevent widespread disenfranchisement in the November 2016 general election before the lawsuit they...
by Press | Mar 16, 2016 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Barack Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to fill Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat after his sudden passing last month. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the national Lawyers’ Committee for...
by Press | Mar 15, 2016 | Press Releases
As Polls Close in North Carolina, Illinois, Florida, Ohio and Missouri, Election Protection Received Over 2,100 Calls Washington, D.C., March 15, 2016 – The nationwide nonpartisan Election Protection voter hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE received more 2,100 calls as...
by Press | Mar 15, 2016 | Press Releases
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) Available Now; Live Assistance on Primary Election Day Washington, D.C. – Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is providing live...
by Press | Mar 14, 2016 | Press Releases
Low-Income Nevadans Will Have Federally Required Access to Voter Registration NEW YORK, LAS VEGAS, RENO, and CARSON CITY, NV (March 14, 2016) – Voting rights advocates and Nevada officials announced today that a three-year federal lawsuit, initially filed before the...
by Press | Mar 11, 2016 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee Report Concludes that the Refusal by the Senate Judiciary Committee to Consider a Nominee for the Supreme Court is Historically Unprecedented WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) submitted...
