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Florida: Special Police Force Created To Enforce New Election Laws
Photo: YouTube TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida state legislature voted Wednesday to pass S.B. 524, creating a special police task force to enforce Florida’s ...
Georgia Legislature Pushing “Election Criminalization Bill” To Intimidate Voters
Photos: Common Cause\Black Voters Matter ATLANTA – (TODAY) March 10th, 2022 – The Georgia State House advanced a new “Election Criminalization Bill”, H.B. 1464, ...
SPLC: “The Mainstreaming Of Hate And Extremism” Threatens America
Photos: YouTube\SPLC MONTGOMERY, Ala. – March 9, 2022 – According to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021 ...
Hard-Right Facial Recognition Company Sought NYPD Collaboration To Push Products
Photos: YouTube The founder of the controversial, hard right-linked facial recognition company Clearview AI sought to recruit the New York Police Department to endorse ...
U.S. Senate Failing To Stand Up For Fundamental Right Of All To Vote
Photos: Twitter WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, the U.S. Senate failed to overcome the 50-vote threshold to change the body’s rules and permit a vote ...
Alabama Plan To Spend COVID Funds on Prisons Improper Says Treasury Dept.
Photo: EJI MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Following over a thousand public comments, including those from SPLC Action Fund and our coalition partners with Communities Not ...
Georgia: Biden’s Voting Rights Address Comes At “Pivotal Time In American History”
ATLANTA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered speeches highlighting the importance of passing federal legislation to address ...
Georgia: Voting Rights Groups Challenge Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts
Photos: Common Cause\LaTosha Brown ATLANTA – Voting rights groups and Georgia voters filed a lawsuit in federal court this week charging that the 6th, ...
Voting Rights & Jan. 6th: Alabama Advocates Gather At Famous MLK Speech Site
Photo: Wikimedia Commons As President Joe Biden and others in Washington, D.C., condemned those who encouraged and participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, pro-democracy ...
Georgia State Legislators Break Up Communities To Deny A Voice To Voters
The SPLC released the following statement in response to Georgia’s new congressional and state legislative district maps from Poy Winichakul, Staff Attorney for Voting ...
