Federal Court Allows Challenge to Voter Suppression Law in Texas to Proceed Posted on August 5, 2022 Election Protection Mi Familia Vota and three individual Texas voters, along with co-plaintiffs Houston Area Urban League, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Arc of Texas, and Jeffrey Lamar Clemmons, won a significant court victory on August 2, 2022, in their legal challenge to SB 1, a 2021 Texas election law that unconstitutionally and unlawfully limits eligible voters’Read More
WATCH: Voting Rights are On the Line in Texas Posted on October 27, 2021 (October 27, 2021) Election Protection Last month, Texas enacted one of the country’s most restrictive voting laws in the modern era. With measures targeting many of the voting methods used during the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers largely suppressed votes from Texans of color and other marginalized communities. This law is an assault on democracy in Texas. That’s why we filed aRead More
Voting Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s New Voter Suppression Laws Posted on August 17, 2021 Election Protection Citing the First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a coalition of voting rights groups seeks federal court intervention to protect the right to vote in Arizona PHOENIX, AZ (August 17, 2021) – Mi Familia Vota, Arizona Coalition for Change, Living United for Change in ArizonaRead More
Voting Rights Coalition Urges State and Federal Officials to Protect Voting Rights and Public Safety in Response to COVID-19 Posted on March 18, 2020 (June 2, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People joined a coalition of voting rights advocacy groups, led by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, to recommend measures that protect voting rights and public safety in response to COVID-19. In a letter addressed to Congress, Governors, and state officials, the coalition urged government officials to ensure that votingRead More