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Caicedo, et al. v. DeSantis
On Aug. 9, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, suspended Monique Worrell, a Democrat, from her elected position as state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties because of his opposition to her criminal legal reforms and a general hostility toward elected Democrats. Worrell’s reforms included measures supported by her constituents, such as curtailing the…
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SPLC Challenges Florida Governor’s Suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Florida voters seeks a court order to reinstate duly elected State Attorney
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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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Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP, et al. v. City of Jacksonville, et al.
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, in March 2022 adopted racially gerrymandered district voting maps that dilute the voting power of Black residents in city council and school board elections. On behalf of four civil rights organizations and 10 individuals, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the new…
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Florida voting rights trial to be argued online
When the Southern Poverty Law Center goes to trial on Monday (April 27) over a law undercutting the biggest expansion of suffrage since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the judge will not be on the bench, but in a remote location, staring at his computer screen. Lawyers on both sides of the case will…
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Grassroots effort sponsored by SPLC protects voting rights for hundreds across South Florida
Clutching a clipboard full of voter registration forms under his arm, Marq Mitchell knocked on the front door of a small, beige, stucco house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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We won a major victory for voting rights
We’ve just won a decisive court ruling in our Florida voting rights case. The judge sent a clear message to Floridians yesterday that their right to vote can’t be denied on the basis of wealth. You may recall that, in November 2018, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 4 to restore the vote to 1.4 million…
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Weekend Read: Jim Crow’s fingerprints are on Florida’s new voting law
Voting is not a privilege but a right that is essential for a healthy, well-functioning democracy.
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McCoy, et al. v. DeSantis, et al.
After Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 4 in 2018, which restored the right to vote to over 1.4 million residents who had completed their sentences for felony convictions, the Legislature introduced and passed a law known as SB 7066, which requires people with past felony convictions to pay fines, fees and restitution before they can…
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SPLC Action Fund: Florida Legislature passes unnecessary bill that would preserve vestige of shameful Jim Crow-era voting restrictions
The Florida Legislature on Friday passed Senate Bill 7066, a piece of legislation that is not only unnecessary but that actually contradicts the will of voters who last year approved Amendment 4, a measure that restored voting rights to people with past felony convictions who have served their sentences.
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