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Democrats fear coronavirus impact on November turnout
Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline Available to Help Wisconsin Voters
Election Protection Coalition Ready to Address Barriers to Voting and COVID-19-Related Challenges Washington, DC -- On Tuesday, April 7th, the Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) hotline will be...
Voting Groups Say Ohio Coronavirus Law Is Unfair
Janelle Monaé Provides Strong Case For Taking Census: $650B Is At Stake
(Essence) On Census Day, Janelle Monae helps explain why it's so important for every resident of the U.S. and its territories to be seen, heard and counted.
Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on Examining and Addressing Federal #MeToo
Includes Testimony from Lawyers' Committee's Economic Justice Project Washington, DC (April 1, 2020) Today, the United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a report titled Federal #MeToo: Examining Sexual Harassment in Government Workplaces. In this report, the...
Voting rights groups sue over Ohio primary election’s ‘new’ April 28 date, seeking in-person voting
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU Ohio, and Dēmos File Lawsuit on behalf of Ohio League of Women Voters & Ohio APRI Challenging Ohio’s ‘New’ Primary
COLUMBUS (March 30, 2020)– Today the ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Dēmos filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, and several Ohio voters, challenging H.B. 197,...
The Caged Ballot
North Carolina expands online voter registration amid coronavirus
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Statement on Passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery
Rev. Lowery Revered as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement” WASHINGTON, DC (March 29, 2020) – The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is deeply saddened by the passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of...
Coronavirus cripples voter registration efforts. Millions could be denied.
(NBC News) Presidential elections are typically prime time for bringing new people into the political process, but the coronavirus pandemic is making voter registration more difficult than ever, prompting concerns that many young Americans and other nonvoters might...
CARES Act Must Prioritize Nation’s Most Vulnerable Communities
WASHINGTON, DC (March 27, 2020) In response to consideration of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) by the U.S. House of Representatives today, following Senate passage, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the...
Tennessee should make provisions for voting in times of disasters | Opinion
(The Tennessean - March 27, 2020) Guest opinion by Ezra Rosenberg, Marcia Johnson-Blanco and Pooja Chaudhuri The state should have had a contingency plan or a better mechanism for extending voting days after deadly tornadoes struck on Super Tuesday. Tuesday, March 2,...
Coronavirus ‘worst-case scenario’: Could the presidential vote be done by mail?
(NBC News) If the coronavirus pandemic continues to make in-person voting virtually impossible by November, conducting the 2020 presidential election largely by mail isn't out of the question.
National Task Force on Election Crises Releases COVID-19 Election Guide
On March 26, 2020 the nonpartisan National Task Force on Election Crises released the COVID-19 Election Guide to help state and local policy makers and election officials maximize the opportunity for all eligible voters to cast their votes without undue risk to their...