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Press Briefings with Voting Rights Leaders to Discuss Barriers and Issues During March 17th Primary Election
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, March 17, at 11:30 am ET and 6:00 pm ET, national, state and local voting rights leaders will hold telephone press briefings to provide updates on the problems and challenges experienced by voters seeking to participate in the primary...
Florida Officials Must Undertake New Actions to Protect Voting Rights in Primary Election
Washington, DC (March 13, 2020) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Common Cause Florida and other organizations issued a letter requesting that, in light of the challenges posed by the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the State of Florida and...
Female renters take on predatory landlords
(Stateline) Douglas Waterbury owned or managed dozens of rental properties in and around Oswego, N.Y., and for decades he allegedly used that power to demand sexual favors from financially strapped tenants and applicants who were desperate for a place to live....
A year later, prosecutors are winning historic college admissions case, but fight isn’t over
Online misinformation during the primaries: a preview of what’s to come?
Elections officials scramble for options as coronavirus worries mount
Election Protection Works to Confront Voting Barriers During March 10th Primary Election
WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2020) - Voters in six states, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho, voted in their respective state’s primary elections. Election Protection, the nation’s largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Calls for Action to Respond to Impact of Coronavirus on the 2020 Election Cycle
States Must Lift Barriers With All Deliberate Speed to Ensure Access WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2020) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, concluded its work monitoring election activity across the country for the March 10th primary...
Florida’s presidential primary voting unaffected by coronavirus, for now
‘It’s really not okay’: Kansas City mayor trying to vote was told he ‘wasn’t in the system’
(Daily Kos) Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas not only showed up to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Missouri primary, but posted video of himself encouraging other Missourians to vote, only to be turned away from the polls.
Coronavirus prompts new polling places to protect elderly
Voting-rights officials said the coronavirus outbreak has had a cascading effect on the primary season, with election officials in states such as Ohio and Illinois that vote March 17 beginning to shift polling places away from senior-citizen homes. Ohio officials at...
PRESS BRIEFINGS: Election Protection Primary Updates on problems at the polls at 1pm & 6pm EDT
Join press calls for updates on Big Tuesday Primary Day voting issues WHAT: Learn about the issues facing voters during the March 10th Big Tuesday Primary in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi. Missouri, North Dakota and Washington. Election Protection, the...
Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline Protects Michigan Voters During the Primary
Call 866-OUR-VOTE Election Protection Hotline for Voter Assistance Election Protection is the nation’s largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection coalition which works year round to safeguard voting rights in Michigan and across the...
Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline Protects Missouri Voters During the Primary
Call 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline for Voter Assistance Election Protection is the nation’s largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection coalition which works year round to safeguard voting rights in Missouri and across the country. For the Missouri...
Mississippi Primary: Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline Available to Help Voters Across the State
Call Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE Hotline for Voter Assistance Washington, DC - Election Protection is the nation’s largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection coalition which works year round to safeguard voting rights in Mississippi and...