by Press | Jun 6, 2019 | Newsclips
Thousands of Pennsylvanians have their votes rejected every year — in violation of their constitutional rights — because the commonwealth’s tight deadlines for absentee ballots are far more restrictive than those of other states, advocates argued Wednesday before a...
by Press | Jun 5, 2019 | Press Releases
Pre-Suit NVRA Violation Notice Letter issued by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Behalf of Georgia Voting Rights Organizations to Laurens County Election Officials WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, voting rights advocates sent a letter formally notifying...
by Press | Jun 5, 2019 | Press Releases
Philadelphia, PA – A state court heard its first arguments today in a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania’s absentee voting deadline. The hearing before the Commonwealth Court, which convenedwas sitting in Philadelphia, centered around the defendants’...
by Press | Jun 4, 2019 | Newsclips
Tequila Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across Tennessee. In the end, she estimates The Equity Alliance, where she is...
by Press | Jun 4, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, as the United States recognizes the historic anniversary commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment which secured the right to vote for women, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
