Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | news
Yesterday, in a victory for the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and our clients, a federal court in Alabama permanently blocked the Jefferson County Commission from implementing an unconstitutional redistricting plan that packs Black voters into two super majority-Black districts without any justification. In McClure v. Jefferson County, the Court found that LDF had proven that […]
Friday, August 18, 2023 | news
ATLANTA — A federal court in the Northern District of Georgia issued rulings today in response to emergency motions filed by civil rights groups to lift restrictions put in place by Georgia’s anti-voter law, Senate Bill 202 (S.B. 202) for the 2024 elections. The rulings blocked portions of the bill that ban Georgians from providing […]
Friday, October 18, 2019 | news
TALLAHASEE, Fla. — A federal court today ruled that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of wealth. Plaintiffs challenged a Florida law that creates wealth-based hurdles to voting and undermines Floridians’ overwhelming 2018 passage of Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to over a million people. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal […]
Thursday, January 24, 2013 | case-update
(New Orleans, LA) – On January 23, voting rights advocates won a major legal victory on behalf of Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients, the state’s most vulnerable and most marginalized residents. In a 36-page ruling, following a trial in October 2012 in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Judge Jane Triche […]
Thursday, January 24, 2013 | news
Public Agency Clients Must Be Offered an Opportunity to Register to Vote (New Orleans, LA) – On January 23, voting rights advocates won a major legal victory on behalf of Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients, the state’s most vulnerable and most marginalized residents. In a 36-page ruling, following a trial in October 2012 in the […]
Friday, January 6, 2023 | news
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal court today ordered South Carolina to redraw its 2021 enacted congressional map, ruling that a district anchored in Charleston County is a racial gerrymander. The case was brought on behalf of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and an individual voter, Taiwan Scott, who are represented by the […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | news
Today, a federal court prioritized the health and safety of Louisiana voters by extending the early voting period by three days and providing voters at highest risk of COVID-19 with a mechanism to vote by mail. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the ruling providing immediate relief in response to […]
Monday, June 15, 2020 | news
Litigation brought by LDF, SPLC, and ADAP successfully challenged barriers to voting absentee and in person in upcoming July 14 election in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, in a decision that will protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians, a federal court waived onerous absentee ballot requirements in at least Jefferson, […]
Sunday, May 24, 2020 | news
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal court today ruled that a Florida law that created wealth-based hurdles to voting is unconstitutional. The decision restores voting rights to hundreds of thousands of people with past felony convictions. The law, SB 7066, required people with past convictions to pay all outstanding legal fees, costs, fines, and restitution before […]
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | news
A federal court issued a decision today that will help protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians. The ruling in People First of Alabama v. Merrill means Alabama voters will not need a witness or notary to vote by mail if they have an underlying medical condition and provide a statement. The decision also stipulates that voters 65 […]
