When Alabama lawmakers drew new state legislative districts in 2021, they deliberately diminished the power of Black voters, continuing the state’s sordid record of racial discrimination in the electoral system. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit...
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After Alabama failed to provide an absentee voting program that is fully accessible to voters who are blind or have print disabilities, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its co-counsel filed an administrative complaint asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the program.
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August 16, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a series of reports today revealing current, consistent, and well-documented racial discrimination in voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi as Congress...
Alabama resident Angelique Harris attempted to register to vote over the course of several years but was unlawfully denied by her county registrars due to a failure of state law to clarify how out-of-state and federal felony convictions are to be treated for determining voting eligibility. The...
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The right to vote is vitally important, and casting a ballot should never require risking your health.
May 01, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed a federal lawsuit against Alabama Governor Kay...
As elections approached in Alabama during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state failed to provide safe and accessible voting, potentially disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters. The SPLC and its allies filed a federal lawsuit to compel state officials to make absentee and in-person voting more...
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexis Carr was able to knock on doors in Montgomery, Alabama, register people to vote, instruct them on voting rights and encourage them to cast their ballots on Election Day.
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All across this country, the right to vote is under attack. But with your support, we’re fighting back in Southern courts and state legislatures with a newly formed team of legal, policy, and grassroots advocates.
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Ever since state and local law enforcement officers attacked peaceful civil rights marchers with billy clubs and tear gas on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, Alabama has been at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights.
