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Alabama

Trump’s judges latest revolt against the Voting Rights Act | #elections | #alabama

The Supreme Court, after a long period of hostility toward any claim brought under the federal Voting Rights Act, recently signaled that this hostility has limits. Last June, the Court surprised nearly everyone who follows voting rights litigation by declaring Alabama’s racially gerrymandered maps illegal and ordering the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional […]

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Arkansas

New lawsuit aims to strike down part of Arkansas LEARNS Act

A new lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court that aims to strike down a part of the Arkansas LEARNS Act.The lawsuit filed on behalf of Arkansans from Phillips, White and Pulaski counties claims the Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva and the state board of education were in the wrong when it voted and […]

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Alabama

Secretary Merrill Endorses the American Confidence in Elections Act | #elections | #alabama

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 28, 2022—MONTGOMERY, AL— Yesterday, the Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced the American Confidence in Elections Act (ACE). The ACE Act has been characterized as the Republican alternative to the For the People Act (H.R. 1) and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement […]

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