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SECURING JUSTICE FOR ALL

Fighting for Fines and Fees Reform

Though debtors’ prisons are by law unconstitutional, recent decades have seen a marked rise in the number of individuals who are nonetheless incarcerated for failing to pay either public or private debts. 

Facebook, Protect Civil Rights or You Could Face Lawsuits

In this open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law describes how he is not just making poor governance decisions—Facebook is exposing itself to legal liability for failure to protect the safety and civil rights of its users.

Voting Discrimination

This preliminary report identifies approximately 340 instances between 1994 and the present where actions by state or local governments gave rise to either a finding of racial discrimination in voting by the Attorney
General or a court, or a change in the jurisdiction’s actions as a result of litigation brought claiming racial discrimination in voting.

Election Protection

The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition works year-round to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. Made up of more than 100 local, state and national partners, Election Protection uses a wide range of tools and activities to protect, advance and defend the right to vote. Election Protection provides Americans from coast to coast with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting – from registration, to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to their participation. Election Protection helps voters make sure their vote is counted through a number of resources, including: A suite of voter helplines, Voter Protectection field programs across the country, and digital outreach tools. Throughout the election cycle we’re working tirelessly to protect the vote.

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🚨ICYMI: “We’ve slipped back to the Jim Crow era” on voter suppression

Our President & ED @KristenClarkeJD joins @VelshiRuhle to discuss the road ahead to ensuring every American can make their voices heard at the ballot box.

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Kentucky’s Governor just took action to restore voting rights for people with criminal histories.

Now the Secretary of State is pushing a restrictive Voter ID law (SB2) that would make it harder to vote in the #2020Election.

This is #VoterSuppression. https://t.co/bfEKA22Sck

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“I think there’s an effort by this administration to narrow the scope and the sort of meaning of civil rights protections so there’s just a hollowed-out husk of what’s actually protected,” said Thomas Silverstein of @lawyerscomm. https://t.co/pNawY2WcH3 via @politico

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