Thursday, January 13, 2022 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and coalition partners submitted joint testimony to the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee’s Redistricting Subcommittee regarding two proposed Congressional redistricting maps at a Redistricting Hearing this week: House Congressional Plan 2 Senate Amendment 1 and House Congressional Plan 2 Senate Amendment 2. Coalition partners include LDF, […]
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | news
Today, LDF submitted testimony to the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee expressing opposition to H. 4150, and support of H. 3822. While H. 4150 would create early voting, it would allocate voting locations through an inadequate and discriminatory formula. H. 4150 would severely restrict absentee voting eligibility, and prohibit Souls to the Polls events organized […]
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted testimony to the New York State Independent Redistricting Committee urging the commission to ensure compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and to urge the Commission to be especially vigilant in combatting racial vote dilution on Long Island. Even in Long Island […]
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted written testimony to the Michigan state Senate Committee on Election expressing opposition to S.B. 273, S.B. 286, and S.B. 308, three bills that would restrict access to the ballot box and undermine significant progress the state has made to expand voting access in the […]
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted written testimony to the Michigan Senate expressing opposition to S.B. 284, S.B. 285, S.B. 289, S.B. 303 & S.B. 310, five voting bills that would restrict access to the ballot box. S.B. 285 and S.B. 303 would impose far stricter voter identification requirements and […]
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted written testimony to the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in support of Senate Bill (SB) 178, which would amend the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) and permit the release of records relating to police misconduct investigations and disciplinary decisions. LDF supports this bill because […]
Monday, February 28, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted written testimony to the Florida House of Representatives opposing H.B. 7061, a harmful elections bill that would make several harmful changes to Florida’s elections laws and likely diminish the voting rights of voters of color. Similar to Senate Bill 524 and Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) […]
Monday, November 15, 2021 | news
This week, LDF submitted six documents to the South Carolina House and Senate redistricting committees offering testimony and comment on proposed redistricting maps. The documents include testimony by LDF’s Deputy Director of Litigation Leah Aden, testimony by South Carolina NAACP President Brenda Murphy, and supplemental comments from LDF and the ACLU. Testimony was given and […]
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | news
This month, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted written testimony to the United States House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol detailing the relentless campaign to weaken our democracy and the steps Congress must take to protect it. “It is not hyperbole to say that the […]
Monday, March 20, 2023 | news
Today, LDF submitted testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly Government Administration and Elections Committee in support of the S.B. 1226, An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis. The CTVRA will make Connecticut a national leader on voting rights and equal democracy. In addition to addressing critical needs in Connecticut, S.B. […]
