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SPLC organizers spend last hours of election getting out the vote in Georgia
In the video: SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang and Yterenickia Bell, the SPLC’s state director for Georgia, canvassed an apartment complex in Mableton, Georgia, on Election Day. Despite millions of people voting early in Georgia, there were still millions of voters remaining on Election Day who could vote but had not despite the polls…
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On Election Day, cast a ballot with confidence, because we’ve got your back
Every election season, we witness the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement playing out in real time. From Jackson, Mississippi, to Selma, Alabama, to Atlanta, voters will make their voices heard across the Deep South on Election Day. In so many of our states, the right to vote continues to be a vital tool for…
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Quinn v. Raffensperger
In this 2024 case, two residents of Gwinnett County, the state’s second most populous county and part of the Atlanta metro area, brought a federal lawsuit to force a statewide purge of thousands of voters and asked for emergency relief ahead of the 2024 general election. In October 2024, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed…
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ACLU and SPLC launch ‘I Got 5 On It’ campaign to register and encourage voters
“I Got 5 On It” is a get-out-the-vote campaign from the ACLU of Georgia and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Georgia state office for the 2024 election season. The goal of the campaign is simple: Make sure as many people as possible show up to vote during early voting and on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov.…
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SPLC and Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Against Georgia State Elections Board’s Rule Changes
ATLANTA — Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ACLU of Georgia, ACLU National Voting Rights Project and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging two new rules passed by the Georgia State Elections Board (SEB). The rules threaten to upend Georgia’s longstanding mandatory election certification rules and disenfranchise…
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SPLC Georgia State Office Joins ACLU of Georgia to Launch “I Got 5 On It” Campaign
ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Georgia State Office announced that it is teaming up with ACLU of Georgia’s “I Got 5 on It” get-out-the-vote campaign, to increase civic participation this election. The campaign’s goal is to make sure as many people as possible show up to vote during early voting and on Election Day, Tuesday,…
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CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND COBB COUNTY VOTERS SEEK INJUNCTION TO RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY MAP
The preliminary injunction motion seeks to prevent alleged unconstitutional Cobb County School Board map from use in the 2024 elections
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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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Court Refuses to Lift Barriers for Black Voters in Georgia
Judge denies motion for preliminary injunction, which challenged multiple provisions of S.B. 202 for intentionally discriminating against Black voters
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Crowell, et al., v. Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed an emergency lawsuit to ensure that nearly 1,000 absentee voters in Cobb County, Georgia, have enough time to cast their votes in the 2022 midterm elections. The lawsuit, filed less than 48 hours before Election Day, seeks to send ballots overnight to each of the 1,000…
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