LDF Issues Statement on Governor Cuomo Signing Automatic Voter Registration Bill into Law

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This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) bill into law. Going into effect in 2023, AVR will enable eligible voters to be automatically registered when interacting with a variety ...

LDF Issues Statement on Attorney General William Barr’s Final Day with Trump Administration

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Today, as William Barr serves his final day as Attorney General of the United States, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The tenure ...

LDF, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Open Society Policy Center, and Center for Policing Equity Issue Statement on Release of President Trump’s Law Enforcement Commission Report

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Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report from the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, despite the U.S. District Court’s decision that the Commission had violated the law. ...

LDF Files Amended Complaint in its Lawsuit Against President Trump and His Campaign’s Attempts to Overturn the Election by Disenfranchising Black Voters

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), a non-partisan civil and human rights organization, filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a lawsuit challenging President ...

Voting Rights Advocates Urge Officials in Ten Georgia Counties to Reject Baseless Mass Challenges to Voter Eligibility

Yesterday,  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), All Voting is Local, Georgia, Georgia NAACP, Black Voters Matter Fund, SPLC Action Fund and the League of Women Voters sent letters to officials in ten ...

Supreme Court Vacates Case Challenging Trump Administration’s Memorandum Excluding Undocumented People from Census Count

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In a 6-3 vote today, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as premature a case challenging the Trump Administration’s memorandum that seeks to remove undocumented people from the 2020 Census count for purposes of congressional reapportionment. ...

Voting Advocates Urge Hall County, Georgia to Maintain Early Voting for January Runoff

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Yesterday, Latino Justice (PRLDEF), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia), GALEO, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), Hispanic Federation, MiJente Support Committee, All Voting is Local, ...

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