LDF Issues Statement in Response to Senate Filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act

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Today, the United States Senate failed to reach the supermajority threshold needed to overcome the filibuster and open debate regarding the Freedom to Vote Act, a critical piece of federal voting rights legislation. In response, ...

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

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the nomination of Holly Thomas to serve as a judge on the Court ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Alabama Legislative Reapportionment Office Urging Compliance with the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act During Redistricting

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”), Greater Birmingham Ministries and ACLU of Alabama sent a letter to the Alabama Legislative Reapportionment ...

LDF Submits Redistricting Maps to the Waller County, Texas Commissioners Court

On October 19, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to members of the Waller County, Texas Commissioners Court regarding their obligation to comply with Section 2 of the ...

LDF Sends Letter to Louisiana House and Senate Governmental Affairs Committees on their Obligation to Comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act During Redistricting

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, Campaign Legal Center, ...

LDF, Project Say Something, and Alabama NAACP Urge Alabama Department of Education to Reject Proposed Anti-Truth Law

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Project Say Something, and the Alabama NAACP State Conference submitted testimony to the Alabama Department of Education (ALDOE) in opposition to the proposed codification of ...

Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Over South Carolina Redistricting Failures

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Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the South Carolina Legislature’s unnecessary delay in drawing new redistricting maps that respect the constitutional one-person-one-vote principle. The case was brought on behalf of the South ...

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