by Press | Feb 27, 2019 | Press Releases
SAN ANTONIO, C.A. – A federal judge in San Antonio today ordered local officials in Texas not to remove any person from the current voter registration list until authorized by the Court and without prior approval of the Court with a conclusive showing that the...
by Press | Feb 27, 2019 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement in Support of “The Voting Rights Advancement Act” Washington D.C. – Today, in response to the introduction of H.R. 4: “The Voting Rights Advancement Act” in the 116th Congress, Kristen Clarke, President and...
by Press | Feb 21, 2019 | Newsclips
A North Carolina Republican caught in the middle of a voter suppression scandal called on Thursday for a new election in a disputed 2018 congressional race in which he was initially declared the winner.
by Press | Feb 13, 2019 | Press Releases
JACKSON, Miss. — Federal District Judge Carlton Reeves issued an order today declaring that the district lines of State Senate District 22 violate Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act. Judge Reeves said that the legislature should have the first opportunity to...
by Press | Feb 9, 2019 | Press Releases
ALBANY, NY – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), who joins Governor Andrew Cuomo today as he signs historic legislation expanding voting rights in New York State,issued the...
