Thursday, February 29, 2024 | news
Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin and Senator Raphael Warnock reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States Senate. The legislation will protect voters from discrimination and strengthen democracy for all Americans. Similar legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House in September 2023. In response, LDF President and […]
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 | news
Natasha Merle joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) as a LDF/Fried Frank Fellow in January of 2016. Natasha spent the first two years of her fellowship as a litigation associate in the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where she handled a variety of complex commercial and […]
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 | news
The Breach: Fighting Trump’s Efforts to Suppress the Vote Natasha Merle joins Rewire host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss how false allegations of voter fraud are being used to suppress the votes of communities of color. LDF joined Ordinary People Society in filing a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s handpicked electoral commission for intentional discrimination […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Natasha Merle joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in January of 2016. She uses litigation, legislative, policy, and public education strategies to promote racial justice primarily in the areas of criminal justice, political participation and educational opportunities. Natasha is lead counsel in LDF et al. v. Trump et al., an ongoing lawsuit […]
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | news
NAACP LDF attorney Natasha Korgaonkar calls into Fox News to discuss the on-going court case over Texas’ new voter ID law.
Thursday, April 30, 2015 | news
5th Circuit Hears Texas Voter ID Law Dispute Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel for the NAACP, said in an interview following the hearing that while Texas calls its state-issued voter registration cards “free,” actually they are not free at all. She said that in order to get the cards voters must first have certain identification, such […]
Friday, May 8, 2015 | news
Friday letters: Democracy in action Right to vote “For decades in Texas, the bottom line remains the same: When voters of color are on the brink of exercising increased electoral strength, those in charge have often chosen to prevent these voters’ participation, rather than to respond to these voters’ needs and priorities as citizens. This […]
Thursday, April 30, 2015 | news
PODCAST: 5th Circuit to Hear Texas Voter ID Case Houston’s Morning News with Matt Patrick welcomes Natasha Korgaonkar with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, to discuss the latest details about Texas Voter ID. Listen in for details.
Saturday, June 6, 2015 | news
Clinton Rips GOP On Voting Rights While Calling For Universal Voter Registration “The choice of location was really apt,” said Natasha Korgaonkar, [Assistant Counsel] at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund who is involved in the lawsuit against Texas’ voter ID law. “It’s really important that issues of voting rights and expanding the right to vote […]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | news
Natasha Korgaonkar briefly identifies how Photo ID law would prevent many from casting their votes.
