LDF Sends Letter Urging Michigan Governor Whitmer to Veto Two Restrictive Voting Bills

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Attorney Janey J. Lamar sent a letter urging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto Senate Bills (S.B.) 303 and 304 that would impose unnecessary burdens ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Limestone County, Alabama Commission Regarding its Redistricting Plan

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Limestone County Branch of the NAACP sent a letter to the Limestone County Commission expressing the current redistricting ...

LDF Issues Statement on Myrna Pérez’s Confirmation to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Today, the United States Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. An exceptional voting rights attorney who is intimately familiar with election law, Judge Pérez becomes the ...

LDF Submits Second Letter and Updated Redistricting Map to the Waller County, TX Commissioners Court

On October 25, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a letter and an updated redistricting map—Appendix C— to the Waller County, Texas Commissioner’s Court. LDF previously sent a letter and ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Madison County, Alabama Commission Regarding Redistricting and their Unmet Obligations Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Huntsville-Madison County Branch of the NAACP sent a letter to the Madison County, Alabama Commission regarding its ...

LDF Sends Letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Judicial Nominee Myrna Pérez

Today, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley in support of the nomination of Myrna Pérez, to ...

LDF Issues Statement on Catherine Lhamon’s Confirmation as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at U.S. Department of Education

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Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council for Racial Justice and Equity Catherine Lhamon as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at ...

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