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RSVP for Alabama Voting Rights Act 60 Year Commemoration
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RSVP for Mississippi Voting Rights Act 60 Year Commemoration
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SPLC-Alabama Federal Budget Townhalls
Join SPLC-Alabama at a townhall discussing President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and how the cuts to health care and food assistance will impact our communities. The Senate is working right now to pass their version of the bill by July 4. But there is still time to stop the harm! Learn more about the…
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Whether a natural disaster strikes or not, Florida’s voters deserve better
When a Category 5 hurricane tears through a Florida community, voters should not have to wait for the governor to issue an executive order just to cast a ballot. Yet that’s exactly what happens in Florida. State law does not allow local election officials to act quickly in response to an emergency, even though they…
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Power of the vote will sustain democracy through and beyond AAPI Heritage Month
Each May, during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I reflect on my family’s journey to this country — and the path that brought me to public service. My grandparents were refugees of the Korean War. My mother came to Georgia in the 1980s seeking the American Dream — not riches, but dignity. A…
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A fun new game in Mississippi tests the voter education of young people
The sound of raised voices echoed through the lecture hall as a battle ensued on the stage. Opponents threw barbs and jabs, desperate to steal their rivals’ earnings in a winner-take-all game of wits. The subject? Government. “Explain the role of a sheriff and the level of government to which the sheriff belongs,” said Shonna…
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League of Women Voters of Louisiana, et al. v. Landry, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of voting rights groups against the state of Louisiana following its passage of a proof of citizenship law that violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The NVRA does not allow states to require the collection of additional documentation to register…
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Voting Rights Coalition Sues to Defend Freedom to Vote for Louisianians
Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Today, a coalition of voting rights groups is suing the state of Louisiana for a blatant violation of Louisianians’ freedom to vote. The state passed a proof of citizenship law that is unconstitutionally vague and violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). If implemented, the law will disproportionately harm voters of…
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2025 Federal Policy Priorities
For over five decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has worked to build a more just and equitable America, ensuring that all people — especially Black and Brown communities — can thrive. Through litigation, community mobilization and advocacy in Washington and across the Deep South, we advance policies that protect civil rights, provide opportunity and…
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Power of the People: The SAVE Act and its threat to American democracy
At our democracy’s imperfect founding, only white men who owned property could vote. Through significant struggle and sacrifice, we’ve made progress. The Reconstruction amendments, the 19th Amendment, the Indian Citizenship Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — over time, these landmark developments have made voting rights real for people of color, women, language minorities…
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