Press Releases
about Voting Rights
Oct 26, 2023
Federal Court Orders Georgia to Redraw State Legislative District Maps
General Assembly has December 8 deadline to create maps equitable for Black voters
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc v. Raffensperger
Oct 11, 2023
Oral Arguments Wrap in U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging South Carolina’s Congressional Map for Racial Discrimination
WASHINGTON — This morning, oral arguments concluded in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the fate of Sout...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 11, 2023
ACLU of Maine Asks Law Court to Uphold First Amendment Rights
PORTLAND – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative Tuesday filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial C...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 05, 2023
District Court Orders Alabama to Adopt New Congressional Map with Two Black Opportunity Districts
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A district court in Alabama today ordered the state to adopt a congressional map that includes two districts where Black voters will have the opportunity to el...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
Oct 02, 2023
Black Voters File Emergency Petition to the Supreme Court Asking for Hearing to Select Louisiana’s New Congressional Map to Proceed
WASHINGTON —Last Friday, plaintiffs in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, filed an emergency petition ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Robinson v. Landry
Sep 27, 2023
ACLU Announces Sophia Lin Lakin as Director of the Voting Rights Project
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today the appointment of Sophia Lin Lakin as director of the Voting Rights Project.
As director of the Voting Rights Proje...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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