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Election Protection Non-Partisan Voter Hotlines (866-OUR-VOTE) now open to assist Oklahoma voters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will provide phone assistance to voters in Oklahoma during their August 28 Primary Runoff Election. Legal...
Election Protection (866-OUR-VOTE) Hotlines to Provide Non-Partisan Assistance to Florida Voters
ELECTION PROTECTION AND FLORIDA PARTNERS TO PROVIDE NON-PARTISAN VOTING ASSISTANCE TO PRIMARY VOTERS Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) is Live on Primary Day for Voter Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection...
Election Protection (866-OUR-VOTE) Hotlines to Provide Non-Partisan Assistance to Arizona Voters Now through Midterm Elections
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) is Live on Primary Day for Voter Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will provide live phone...
There’s Nothing Disrespectful About Serena Williams’ Cat Suit
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, argued that the targeting of Williams is yet another example of a racist culture that seeks out opportunities to police black women’s appearance. “Arbitrary dress code policies have been disproportionately used to target Black women in schools, at work and now on the tennis court,” she wrote on Twitter.
Ill-fated plan to close polling places in Georgia county recalled lingering prejudice
Court Certifies Statewide Class Action in Lawsuit Challenging Systemic Deficiencies in Louisiana Public Defense System
Decision Paves Way for Statewide Reforms that Could Impact 50,000 Louisianans BATON ROUGE, La. – A Louisiana trial court yesterday granted class-action status to a lawsuit that challenges the state’s broken public defense system, creating a path for system-wide...
Georgia blocks move to close voting sites in mostly black county
A Georgia elections board on Friday blocked a bid to close most polling places in a largely black county…“We are pleased African-Americans voters in Randolph County will be able to access polling stations in November,” Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a phone interview. “Too often they are faced with voter suppression tactics like this which are clearly motivated by racial animus.”
Arizona Voters: Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) Available to Answer Your Questions Now through Mid-term Elections
Toll-Free Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) is Live on Primary Day for Voter Assistance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds Reversal of Randolph County Plan to Close Polling Locations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Randolph County Board of Elections and Registration voted down a proposal to shutter 75% of the county’s polling places during the November election amid criticism that doing so would discriminate against African-Americans living there....
A Rural Georgia County Considered Closing Polling Places. It Struck a Nerve.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law threatened to sue, arguing that closing the polling places over accessibility made little sense. “Forcing elderly, disabled, and other persons with mobility issues to travel lengthy distances to vote is out of place with the purported goal of A.D.A. compliance,” its lawyers wrote to the county.
Georgia County Can’t Back Up Its Excuse For Plan To Disenfranchise Black Voters
“You’d think, if you’re going to adopt a change that could potentially disenfranchise voters, that you’d have a strong justification backed by research. However, there’s absolutely no evidence of that here.” John Powers, an attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on the importance of officials having robust data to support proposed changes to voting practices.
Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Examination of Kavanaugh’s Record and Request Meeting with Senate Leadership
WASHINGTON, DC – Six prominent African-American civil rights leaders sent a letter today to Senate leaders to express their concern that the Senate is not meeting its responsibility to fully and impartially evaluate the fitness of Supreme Court nominee Brett...
Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Litigation Challenging 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Litigation Against the Administration Continues; Request to Take Testimony of John Gore and Other Key Officials Granted WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, August 17, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California permitted a lawsuit challenging...
Census: Orders Denying Motions to Dismiss and Permitting Discovery Outside AR
Orders Denying Motions to Dismiss and Permitting Discovery Outside ARDownload
15 cents short? Mother raises lunch money for other students
A Volusia County mother is raising funds to make sure no students are denied lunch because they don’t have enough money to pay for it. She and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have created a GoFundMe account to raise money for their newly developed campaign. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is in the process of establishing contact with the Volusia County school district to see how cafeteria workers could possibly get access to the funds.