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Election Protection is an American non-partisan coalition of voting rights activists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The English language hotline is managed by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , a national civil rights organization, and accepts complaints from individuals.
Protect Democracy’s litigation has advocated on behalf of First Amendment rights. In 2019, the organization filed a lawsuit on behalf of Reverend Kaji Douša, challenging a previously secret Department of Homeland Security (DHS) surveillance operation that targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, and faith leaders, all of whom spoke out ...
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan American nonprofit political organization.Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, boosting voter turnout and advocating for voting rights.
Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration has unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints from civil rights activists and other ...
More than a Vote is a nonprofit organization fighting for African-Americans's voting rights, [1] as well as advocating criminal justice reform in the United States. [2] [3] It was founded in June 2020, amid the Black Lives Matter protests following the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, by NBA basketball player LeBron James and other black athletes and entertainers.
The Franklin PUD’s election system is being challenged as unfair to Latino voters by the same organization that succeeded in getting the county voting system changed.. The UCLA Voting Rights ...
A number of civil rights organizations sued the state for violating the Voting Rights Act and gerrymandering with racial discrimination. On the Supreme Court, a 5-4 majority agreed.
Following the 1964 elections, civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) pushed for federal action to protect the voting rights of racial minorities.