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An Alabama law that significantly increases the number of disenfranchising crimes for individuals with felony convictions will not go into effect until after the November 2024 general election, a Montgomery County judge clarified yesterday while dismissing a legal challenge to the new statute.
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
The Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama will finally lead his town after being blocked from entering office by his white predecessors, pending a signature from a federal judge on a settlement agreement both parties reached last week.
A federal court officially rejected Alabama Republicans’ attempt to drastically weaken part of the Voting Rights Act.
Louisiana signed an agreement with Alabama to share voter list maintenance data between the two states.
Today, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in a case challenging Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R)‘s refusal to produce purged voter records.
As voters fight back against Alabama’s new law that criminalizes voter assistance, the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping in to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act in the state.
A federal judge denied a motion from a Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama, who asked the court to require the town’s white leaders to allow him into office now, but said his arguments will likely be successful in September’s trial.
Today a federal district circuit court held a hearing in the case about a preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiffs.
Today, civil, voting and disability rights groups filed a new lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new voter suppression law that criminalizes voter assistance.
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