Civil Rights Groups Urge Georgia to Add Additional Early Voting Days During the Upcoming Runoff Election

Today, Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Georgia, and the Southern Poverty Law Center sent letters to all Georgia counties regarding early voting during the upcoming runoff election. The groups urge officials to offer additional advance voting ...

200+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Returning Senate to Prioritize Judicial Confirmations

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Women’s Law Center, People For the American Way, Alliance for Justice, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and more than 200 organizations joined together last ...

Andre Thomas’ Attorneys Respond to Texas Setting Execution Date

Andre Thomas is a schizophrenic Black man on Texas death row who is blind as a result of gouging out both of his eyes after acting upon the voices in his head. Mr. Thomas is ...

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 ...

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