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Newbern, Alabama, mayor officially reinstated after judge signs settlement order
Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, was reinstated to office this week after a federal judge signed a court order authorizing a settlement agreement that ends Braxton’s lawsuit against the town for improperly ousting him from office. “Plaintiff Braxton is the lawful mayor of Newbern effective the date of this order, and…
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Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, et al.
In March 2024, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a sweeping new voter suppression law that targets, restricts and severely punishes civic engagement efforts that encourage voting and enable access to the ballot box. The following month, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations filed a federal…
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SPLC and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Announce Recipients of Vote Your Voice Field Strengthening Grants
Grants will empower communities of color through funding for voter registration and mobilization, civic engagement, and leadership development in the Deep South
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Rissling, et al. v. Bobo, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit against three Alabama counties for their failure to provide an accessible option for absentee voting by blind and print-disabled voters. Filed on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind in Alabama and four individuals, the lawsuit alleges that Jefferson, Mobile and Tuscaloosa…
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows Drawing of Alabama Congressional Map to Move Forward
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Alabama Attorney General’s request to delay the rollout of the state’s new court-ordered congressional map, which could have endangered its timely implementation for the 2024 elections. This is the latest development in the Allen v. Milligan case, where the Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s 2021…
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Hudson v. Ivey
After a state commission moved a judgeship from a diverse Jefferson County community to majority-white Madison County, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the move. The lawsuit was filed by voting rights groups on behalf of Tiara Young Hudson, an attorney…
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Merrill v. Milligan
As a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s congressional district map went before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its partners submitted an amicus brief urging the court to affirm a lower court decision that found the map deprived Black Alabamians of their right to elect candidates of their choice to Congress. The amicus…
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SPLC Reports Reveal Current Conditions of Racial Discrimination in Voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Restored Voting Rights Act needed to dismantle present and future barriers to the ballot box
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Harris v. State of Alabama
Alabama resident Angelique Harris attempted to register to vote over the course of several years but was unlawfully denied by her county registrars due to a failure of state law to clarify how out-of-state and federal felony convictions are to be treated for determining voting eligibility. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies represent…
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Weekend Read: A huge victory for safe and accessible voting in Alabama
The right to vote is vitally important, and casting a ballot should never require risking your health.