by Nick Diaz | Mar 4, 2019
A widespread absentee ballot fraud scheme in Bladen County, North Carolina, caused the state’s Election Board to order a new election. Bladen County operative Leslie McCrae Dowless paid people to illegally collect absentee ballots from voters’ doorsteps, even having...
by Press | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog
A widespread absentee ballot fraud scheme in Bladen County, North Carolina, caused the state’s Election Board to order a new election. Bladen County operative Leslie McCrae Dowless paid people to illegally collect absentee ballots from voters’ doorsteps, even having...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 10, 2015
Pro Bono The Lawyers’ Committee has many opportunities for law firms and lawyers to provide pro bono assistance on civil rights matters. While most matters are litigation oriented, opportunities do exist for transactional lawyers and for those...
by Nick Diaz | May 6, 2026
Litigation, Democracy, and the Expanding Work of Civil Rights Leadership The first quarter of 2026 made one thing unmistakably clear: civil rights work is being tested on multiple fronts at once. From January through March, the landscape demanded more than legal...
by Nick Diaz | Apr 2, 2026
Administrative and Public Comments The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law regularly provides legal and policy analysis through rulemaking and public comment procedures to administrative agencies and other government entities. Our public comments and...
