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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
NAACP, Vermilion Parish Chapter v. City of Abbeville
After the Abbeville City Council in Louisiana chose to use a district map that denies equal representation to voters, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Vermilion Parish NAACP to block use of the map. The federal lawsuit describes how the council-approved redistricting map denies equal representation to voters, in…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC lawsuit challenges Louisiana vote-by-mail restrictions during pandemic
Martha Christian Green goes out of her way to protect her 80-year-old mother who lives with her and has several health conditions that make her particularly susceptible to COVID-19. Green doesn’t leave the house except for necessary errands and work. When she does go out, she maintains a social distance of at least six feet…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC, Fair Elections Center, Arnold & Porter File Litigation in Louisiana to Expand Absentee Ballots and Ensure Safe Elections throughout 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. – Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Fair Elections Center, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, and other officials over the state’s lack of safe and accessible voting processes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit challenges Louisiana’s burdensome requirements…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Telisa Clark, et al. v. John Bel Edwards, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana officials over the state’s failure to ensure safe voting processes during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. The lawsuit challenges Louisiana’s burdensome requirements surrounding absentee ballots that put the health and lives of voters at risk, particularly older voters and Black voters. The…
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