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The Consequences of Gerrymandering on the Student Vote
As the Supreme Court of the United States prepares to rule on its constitutionality, The AGF's David Rudenstine Postgraduate Public Service Legal Fellow breaks down gerrymandering and its impact on student voting.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Takes Further Legal Action Against Tennessee for Its Voter Suppression Law
The Andrew Goodman Foundation and other voting rights organizations took further legal action against Tennessee's new restrictive voting law by filing a "Notice of Noncompliance."
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Voting Advocates Sue Tennessee Over Tougher New Law
The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Managing Director Maxim Thorne discusses the Foundation's reason behind joining a lawsuit against Tennessee's restrictive new voting law with Diverse Issues Inside Higher Education.
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Our Future Changemakers: Congratulations to the Class of 2019
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Take a look at what our Vote Everywhere alumni have planned post-graduation.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $300,000 from Democracy Fund
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $300,000 from Democracy Fund for growth and development over the next two years.
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Tennessee sued over voter registration law
Six groups, including a Memphis-based law firm, filed suit this week challenging Tennessee’s new third-party voter registration law, contending it violates “fundamental” constitutional rights with the threat of civil and criminal penalties.
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Groups claim new voter registration law ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘burdensome’
The complaint alleges that the law imposes burdensome requirements on persons and organizations who seek to help people register to vote, violates fundamental rights of free speech, free association, the right to vote, and due process. The suit was filed on behalf of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Democracy Nashville-Democratic Communities, The Equity Alliance, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation, all of whom engage in voter registration activities. The law requires individuals or organizations participating in voter registration drives to comply with pre-registration, training, and affirmation requirements or face criminal and civil penalties ranging in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Tennessee Sued Over Crackdown on Voter Drives
The ink from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s pen on a new state law had barely dried before four civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the new regulations for voter registration drives. The groups say the law that is scheduled to take effect in Oct. 1 – about a year out from the 2020 presidential election – is vague, violates First and 14th Amendment rights and hands down draconian civil and criminal penalties for any group found violating its provisions.
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NAACP Sues Tennessee Over New Law Targeting Voter Registration Drives
Voting rights advocates fear that the law signals a new frontier in voter suppression, chilling the efforts of drives that seek to boost access to the franchise among minority and low-income people.
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Voting rights advocates sue over Tennessee crackdown on voter registration
Voter rights groups contend that the law is intended to prevent people, particularly African Americans and other minorities, from registering to vote in a state that has one of the lowest voter registration rates in the nation.
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