Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF), submitted testimony in the Texas House of Representatives House Election Committee expressing opposition to House Bill 6 (H.B. 6). This bill appears to transfer authority for the safety and integrity of elections to partisan poll watchers, including by preventing an election judge from removing a […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted testimony in the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee in support of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (S.B. 820). If the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA) becomes law, Connecticut will become a national leader in protecting the right to vote for communities […]
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | news
Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began a series of hearings on legislative proposals to prevent or reduce gun violence, in the aftermath of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December. The hearing was entitled, “What Should America Do About Gun Violence.” Among the featured witnesses were former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, herself […]
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | case-update
Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began a series of hearings on legislative proposals to prevent or reduce gun violence, in the aftermath of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December. The hearing was entitled, “What Should America Do About Gun Violence.” Among the featured witnesses were former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, herself […]
Saturday, July 10, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) submitted testimony in opposition to two omnibus voter suppression bills introduced in the Texas special legislative session that began Thursday, July 8, 2021. Texas House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1 would impose severe, needless, and discriminatory restrictions on voting by mail, curbside voting, and the […]
Friday, December 8, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Submits Testimony for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing on the School-to-Prison Pipeline The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony in support of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ (USCCR) investigation of school districts’ compliance with federal civil rights laws created to protect […]
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted written testimony to the Michigan Senate Committee on Elections opposing S.B. 299, a bill that would require election workers to stop counting votes and report their results to their county’s canvassing board by “12 noon on the day following the election,” regardless of whether all […]
Monday, May 24, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted testimony to the Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee expressing opposition to Senate Bill 224 (SB 224), which aims to impose burdensome identification requirements on voters casting a ballot absentee by mail or early in person. Passage of SB 224 would risk disenfranchising voters […]
Monday, September 20, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted testimony to the New York State Standing Committee on Elections to urge the Elections Committee to prioritize passage of S1406A, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA). The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York represents a critical […]
Thursday, February 16, 2023 | news
LDF submitted testimony to Connecticut General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee in advance of today’s public hearing to encourage the General Government A Subcommittee to allocate $1.95 million to the Secretary of the State (“SOTS”) for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Biennial Budget to enable the Secretary to implement and administer the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act […]
