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Civil Rights Organizations and an Election Official File Challenge to Texas Anti-Voter Legislation

Sep 3, 2021 | News Releases, Voting Rights

SAN ANTONIO – A voting bill that will make it harder for Texans, particularly voters of color, to cast their ballots is unconstitutional and violates federal voting rights law because it diminishes access to the ballot box, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN VOTING RIGHTS CASE

Jul 1, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Voting Rights, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brnovich v DNC that upholds certain of Arizona’s voting restrictions.

MALDEF SUES ILLINOIS OVER REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT VIOLATES U.S. CONSTITUTION

Jun 11, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

CHICAGO – The Illinois legislature’s decision to direct elections officials to use legislative redistricting plans that rely on population estimates rather than decennial Census data is unconstitutional, according to a federal-court lawsuit filed late Thursday.

FEDERAL COURT RULES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ARKANSAS VOTING RESTRICTIONS CAN MOVE FORWARD

Feb 8, 2021 | News Releases, Voting Rights

CHICAGO – A federal court has rejected a request by Arkansas and local county officials to dismiss a lawsuit challenging sections of the state election code that disenfranchise voters who are not proficient in English.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SEEKS TO BLOCK ARKANSAS VOTING RESTRICTIONS

Nov 3, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A civil rights organization asked a federal district court to block sections of the Arkansas Election Code because it disenfranchises voters who are not proficient in English, according to a new lawsuit filed.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK COURT TO BLOCK TRUMP’S PLAN TO END CENSUS COUNT EARLY

Sep 1, 2020 | Census, Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

Greenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups asked a federal court on Monday to prevent the Trump administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS EXPAND LAWSUIT CHALLENGING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON CENSUS

Aug 13, 2020 | Census, Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

Greenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups are expanding an ongoing 2019 federal lawsuit to include claims against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to cut short the 2020 Census and to exclude some individuals from the data used for apportionment.

MALDEF WARNS YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON OF FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATIONS

Jun 24, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

(LOS ANGELES ) – Officials in Yakima County, Washington must change the system and maps used to elect county commissioners or risk a federal lawsuit, according to a letter sent by a Latino civil rights organization.

MALDEF WARNS BUENA PARK LIBRARY DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION

Jun 24, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

BUENA PARK, Calif. — The Buena Park Library District (BPLD) must change its system for electing its board of trustees or risk being sued for violating the California Voting Rights Act, according to a letter sent today by a Latino civil rights organization.

MALDEF WARNS TUSTIN OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION

Jun 23, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

TUSTIN, Calif. — The City of Tustin must change its system for electing city council members or risk being sued for violating the California Voting Rights Act, according to a letter sent today by a Latino civil rights organization.

MALDEF Warns Tustin of California Voting Rights Act Violcation

Jun 23, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

TUSTIN, Calif. — The City of Tustin must change its system for electing city council members or risk being sued for violating the California Voting Rights Act, according to a letter sent today by a Latino civil rights organization.

U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL CHALLENGING CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT

May 26, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to consider a challenge to the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Dec 4, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights

PASADENA, CA – A federal court of appeals today rejected a challenge to the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) brought by a former mayor of the City of Poway.

MALDEF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS

Oct 18, 2019 | News Releases, Public Policy, Voting Rights, Voting Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) and to address other elections-related concerns. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz was among those testifying.

FEDERAL COURT STRIKES DOWN KEY ELEMENTS OF STARR COUNTY ELECTIONEERING RULE

Oct 8, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights

McALLEN, TX – A federal judge in Texas today struck down key portions of Starr County’s regulations that limited political speech.

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