Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) along with the Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League of South Texas, Texoma, and Austin sent a letter to the Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablo urging his office to provide notice to voter registrars and other relevant election officials […]
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Texas Civil Rights Project sent a letter today expressing concerns about the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission’s recommendation to close 87 Department of Public Safety (DPS) offices. These offices issue driver licenses and other identification and provide opportunities for eligible voters to register and update their voter registration […]
Monday, August 19, 2024 | news
In response to County election departments across Texas receiving a recent flood of formal challenges by third-party actors questioning whether voter registrations are valid, LDF and partners at the Texas Civil Rights Project, CLC, and the ACLU of Texas send guidance to all 254 Texas counties urging them to reject all third-party challenges that are […]
Monday, September 27, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and partner organizations sent letters to the South Carolina House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee and Senate Judiciary Redistricting Subcommittee to reiterate concerns with the Subcommittees’ failure to provide transparency during the ongoing redistricting cycle. On August 2, 2021, LDF sent a letter with recommendations for public […]
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 | news
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) abruptly served notice to the Maryland Department of Transportation, closing LDF’s complaint which challenged the state’s decision to cancel plans for the “Red Line” rail system in Baltimore City. USDOT provided zero explanation for this unfortunate decision. We had long argued that the cancellation of […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 | case-update
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) requested leave to file a friend-of-the-court briefopposing further appellate review in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). Fisher is the first federal appellate challenge to the use of race in university admissions since the Supreme Courts landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. Last month, a […]
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | news
Houston, Texas—Yesterday, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund and Black college students at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern universities filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of a discriminatory photo ID law, and defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act. In the lawsuit, Texas v. Holder, […]
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | case-update
Yesterday, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund and Black college students at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern universities filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of a discriminatory photo ID law, and defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.
Friday, March 30, 2012 | news
Columbia, South Carolina—Today, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual Black college students moved to join a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of South Carolina’s discriminatory voting law. In the lawsuit, South Carolina v. Holder, South Carolina asks a federal court in Washington, D.C. to approve, under the Section 5 preclearance provision of the […]
Thursday, September 8, 2011 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has extended its help to Black Florida voters seeking to defeat a proposed law that allegedly discriminates against African-Americans. The LDF filed a motion Tuesday seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent Florida from implementing a […]
