LDF Denounces Voter Suppression, Intimidation, Misinformation, and Voting Machine Malfunctions on Election Day

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Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the myriad challenges experienced by Black voters and other voters of color across the country on Election Day: “In ...

Civil Rights Groups Urge Alabama Attorney General to Condemn Intimidation of Voters and Election Officials

The Alabama Black Woman’s Roundtable, Alabama Election Protection Network, ACLU of Alabama Foundation, Campaign Legal Center, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Lift Our Vote, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) have sent a ...

LDF Sends Letter Concerning Misleading Signs Outside Okaloosa, Florida Early Voting Locations

Today, LDF, the Okaloosa County Branch NAACP, and the NAACP Florida State Conference sent a letter to Okaloosa, Florida County Supervisor of Elections expressing concern over misleading signage outside early voting locations in Okaloosa County. ...

LDF Sends Letter Expressing Concern About Poll Closures in Lee County, Florida 

Today, LDF, the Lee County NAACP, the NAACP Florida State Conference, Common Cause Florida, All Voting is Local Florida, the League of Women Voters of Florida, and the League of Women Voters of Lee County ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging Alabama Secretary of State John J. Merrill to Publish Accurate Polling Place Information

Today, LDF, ACLU of Alabama, Alabama Arise, Alabama Election Protection Network, Alabama Forward, Alabama Forward Action, and Lift Our Vote sent a letter urging Alabama Secretary of State John J. Merrill to address issues with ...

LDF Submits Amicus Brief Opposing Ruling that Punishes People Based on Their Ethnicity and Community

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Last Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in United States vs. Flores-González, in support of the appellant Mr. Emiliano Flores-González. Mr. ...

LDF Condemns Assault of Paul Pelosi and Climate of Violence in National Discourse

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Yesterday, a spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that an assailant broke into the Speaker’s residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi. Mr. Pelosi has since been hospitalized and is ...

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