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Census 2020: What Is Prison Gerrymandering?
Now, as Presidential candidates are engaging with questions around issues like prisoner disenfranchisement on the national stage, you may start to hear the term “prison gerrymandering” in relation to the Census. But what is prison-based gerrymandering? Here’s a quick rundown.
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Leading Civil Rights Organizations File a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to Prevent the State of Tennessee from Implementing an Anti-Democratic Voter Suppression Law
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of the Tennessee State Conference of the N.A.A.C.P., Democracy Nashville-Democratic Communities, The Equity Alliance, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation, to prevent the state of Tennessee from implementing a voter suppression law, set to go into effect on October 1, 2019.
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Tennessee Made It Harder to Register Voters. Activists Consider What’s Next.
Charlane Oliver didn’t expect her efforts to register thousands of black and brown Tennesseans to vote would lead to one of the most restrictive voter registration laws in the country. But less than a year after a coalition of groups, led by the nonprofit Tennessee Black Voter Project, conducted a statewide voter registration drive that accumulated 91,000 applications, activists like her face a daunting obstacle.
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Early Voting On Campus Boost Youth, Minority Turnout, But Battle Brews Over Parking
"The evidence suggests that yes, indeed those counties that allowed the early voting on public and private campuses during that two-week period before the November election had an increase in younger voters turning out," said Daniel Smith, Ph.D.
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Behind Trump Place, Three Civil Rights Heroes Are Honored on Freedom Place
Freedom Place, which runs from 66th to 70th Streets just west of West End Avenue, commemorates Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney, who on June 21, 1964 were murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where they had been helping African-Americans register to vote as part of the Freedom Summer project. The three young civil rights activists had been traveling together when they were abducted by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Campus Early Voting Boosted Youth Turnout in Florida, but UCF Lagged
Youth turnout boomed at campus early voting locations in Florida in 2018, according to a new study, boosting overall turnout statewide after a hard-won victory by advocates against a state law that had banned casting ballots on university grounds. But at the University of Central Florida, the biggest university in the state, turnout was at the middle of the pack compared with other large schools.
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Civil Rights and Public Interest Groups Urge Tech Companies to Enact Meaningful Changes
The White House summit on violent online extremism must not be used to divert attention away from the real actions these companies should take right now to reduce online activities that endanger communities of color, religious minorities, and other marginalized communities.
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Why Aren’t 2020 Hopefuls Talking About Election Security
Maxim Thorne, managing director of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, told WhoWhatWhy that not talking about election integrity on a national stage with millions of Americans tuned in was “a serious mistake” and “a missed opportunity on so many levels...I think it emboldens the bad behavior that threatens our democracy and the 2020 election,” Thorne said.
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Vote Everywhere Promising Practices: Institutionalizing Voter Registration in the Classroom
Learn how the AAMU Vote Everywhere team institutionalized voter registration in the classroom by reading our Q&A with Campus Champion Monica Clarke.
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Civil Rights and Gun Reform Orgs Show Solidarity, Demand Action Against White Supremacy
Every person in our country should feel safe while shopping, enjoying a night out with friends, attending school or religious services, or engaging in any other lawful activity. Instead, white supremacist violence against communities of color, religious minorities, and other marginalized communities continues to escalate under the administration’s watch.
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