Federal Court Blocks Louisiana’s New Congressional Map, Orders Lawmakers to Draw Map with Two Majority-Black Districts

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BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, a federal judge in Robinson v. Ardoin ruled in favor of Black voters challenging Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ...

LDF Urges Governor Hochul to Immediately Sign the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York into Law

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Yesterday, by a supermajority vote of 106-43, the New York State Assembly joined with the New York State Senate and passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, a transformative bill that ...

New York Senate Passes Landmark Voting Rights Legislation

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Media contacts: Chris Ford: media@naacpldf.org Ben Schaefer: media@nyclu.org Monica Garcia: press@standupamerica.com Civil Rights Organizations Urge Assembly to Act, Finalize Best-in-Nation Voting Rights Reforms As the New York legislature kicks off its final week, civil and ...

LDF Issues Statement Endorsing The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a statement reiterating its previously expressed support of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA), a bill aimed at rooting out racial discrimination in ...

LDF Submits Testimony to January 6 Committee Highlighting Solutions Required to Protect Our Democracy

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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 ...

LDF Issues Statement Urging Congress to Pass Common Sense Gun Control Measures

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This evening, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement concerning the national crisis of gun violence in the United States: “LDF mourns and grieves with the community of ...

Voting Rights Organizations Move to Block Provisions in Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law in 2022 Election Cycle

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Media Contacts: SPLC: Kevin Pallasch, Kevin.Pallasch@splcenter.org, (470) 403-7386 LDF: Phoebe Plagens, media@naacpldf.org, 646-979-7382 ACLU of Georgia: Dorrie Toney, media@acluga.org, (404) 302-0128 ACLU National: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org, (347) 514-3984 WilmerHale: Frank James, frank.james@wilmerhale.com, (202) 247-3560 Davis ...

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