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The Defenders Newsletter Fall 2010
9/30/10Read this Fall 201o "The Defender" newsletter including updates on LDF's win in the Chicago Firefighters case.
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Impact of Redistricting in your Community 2010: A Guide to Redistricting
8/25/10The process called “redistricting” will determine how our local school board, city council, state legislative and congressional districts are drawn. How can our communities participate? How can we ensure that our interests are being heard and represented by our elected officials? How can we ensure that the voting strength of our communities is not weakened? What are the important factors to consider in redistricting?
This handbook will answer these questions by laying out the importance of getting involved with the redistricting process,and providing resources and contact information. -
LDF Voting Rights Act 45th Anniversary Commemorative Poster
8/06/10LDF Voting Rights Act 45th Anniversary Commemorative Poster.
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Report on the Nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States
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Captive Constituents: Prison-Based Gerrymandering and the Distortion of Our Democracy
5/28/10Most state and local governments count incarcerated persons as residents of the prison communities where they are incarcerated when drawing election district lines, despite the fact that prisoners are not integrated into those communities and are not residents there.
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Free the Vote
4/21/10The Next Phase of the Voting Rights Movement: Freeing the Vote for People with Felony Convictions
Securing the right to vote for the disfranchised—persons who have lost their voting rights as a result of a felony conviction—is widely recognized as the next phase of the voting rights movement. Nationwide, more than 5.3 million Americans who have been convicted of a felony are denied access to the one fundamental right that is the foundation of all other rights. Only Maine and Vermont do not restrict voting on the basis of a felony conviction, and allow inmates to vote from prison by absentee ballot. -
Independent Redistricting Commissions
4/14/10Shortly after the 2010 Census, states throughout the country will redraw the lines that determine how to divide the population of each state into electoral districts—a process called redistricting. The composition of a district affects election outcomes and determines representation at the federal, state, and local levels. In most states, redistricting is carried out by members of the legislature. But on the eve of the quickly approaching 2010 redistricting cycle, voters and elected officials in a number of states across the country are considering a range of proposals that aim to alter the redistricting process. One such proposal is to create Independent Redistricting Commissions (IRCs). An IRC is a committee composed of appointed officials who assume responsibility for redistricting within a state.
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"Count on Change 2010" LDF Census Brochure
11/20/09Your participation in the 2010 Census is vital to ensuring that you have an equal voice in government and access to federal and state funding for your community.
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"Post Racial" America? Not Yet.
11/13/09It is important to resist the urge to embrace this oversimplified interpretation of the 2008 Presidential Election. To be sure, significant work still lies ahead. Notwithstanding the election of President Obama, the severe challenges facing African Americans remains daunting. Racial minorities in the United States continue to suffer from deplorable public schools, chronic unemployment, substandard housing and healthcare, intense residential segregation, and striking rates of over-incarceration. Clearly, discrimination has not been eliminated, as some contend; rather, it remains an integral component of complex and enduring social and political systems that promote racial inequality. One such system lies at the heart of our democracy: voting and elections.
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2007-2009 Annual Report
11/04/09Annual Report of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. for years 2007-2009
