LDF Testifies At New York Redistricting Hearing

(New York, NY) — Today, Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a redistricting hearing before New York’s Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment ...

LDF Moves to Intervene on behalf of Florida NAACP and African-American Voters in Florida Voting Rights Case

Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a motion seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent the State of Florida ...

LDF Applauds Legislation Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering in California

(New York) — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the California State Legislature for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in California, and Assembly Member Mike Davis, who sponsored the bill.  ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Voting Rights Act Challenge to Fayette County, Georgia’s At-Large Election Method

Source: LDF

Just days after the 46th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Georgia attorney Wayne Kendall filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Fayette County, Georgia’s at-large ...

LDF, ACLU, NAACP Oppose AG’s Request to Rehear Proposal 2 Case

A statement by the ACLU of Michigan, Detroit Branch NAACP, the Michigan State Conference NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), and the national ACLU. The ACLU, NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense and ...

LDF Commends U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Efforts to Address the School to Prison Pipeline

(Washington, DC) — LDF commends Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder on their announcement of the “Supportive School Discipline Initiative”. This is a collaboration between the Department of Education and Department ...

Federal Judge Rules that Lawsuit against the State of Louisiana Over Failure to Offer Voter Registration Services May Continue

(New Orleans, LA) – Today, a federal court rejected the State of Louisiana’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the State’s failure to offer public assistance recipients the opportunity to register vote.  The court’s ruling ...

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