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Safeguarding the Right to Vote This National Voter Registration Day

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Voting will be more difficult this year due to coronavirus
September 21, 2020 September 22— National Voter Registration Day — is a nonpartisan civic holiday that celebrates the cornerstone of our democracy, the vote, by creating broad awareness of voter registration opportunities.  In addition to providing information about voter registration and other resources, the day is an appropriate occasion to underscore that the success of the American democratic experiment relies, at its core, on the rule of law and the right to vote. …
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Texas NAACP, ADL Southwest Seek to Join Ballot Application Lawsuit

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The Texas attorney general filed suit to stop Harris County from mailing ballot applications to all of its eligible voters. Groups join in defense of voters against this voter suppression. Houston, TX, September 8, 2020 ... The Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP) and the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL's) Southwest Region filed a petition in intervention in State of Texas v. Chris Hollins, a lawsuit…
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Let’s Talk about Voting!

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Hands hold a piece of paper with the message "Your Vote Matters"
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current EventsIn its simplest terms, voting is an act of expressing your opinion. Whether you participate in a poll, take an online survey or vote in the Presidential election, you are expressing an opinion or point of view with your vote. Merriam Webster defines voting as “to express one's views in response to a poll” or “to express an opinion.” In political elections, people vote for a variety of offices and laws. This includes…
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ADL Partners with National Urban League on Pilot Voting Rights Project in Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, PA, August 31, 2020 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the National Urban League today announced a new partnership bringing together two venerable civil rights organizations in service of building stronger relations between the African American and American Jewish communities and to advocate around issues of mutual concern.  “Partnering with the ADL at this moment builds on our shared past and creates the pathway forward,” said Marc Morial, President…
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100 Years of the 19th Amendment

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Women's Suffragists in the early days of the movement
August 17, 2020 This week marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Congress passing and the states ratifying the 19th Amendment, officially giving the right to vote to all citizens of the United States regardless of gender. This amendment finally granted the right to vote to one of the last remaining populations of non-voters: women. After years of fighting, it appeared as though the suffragists achieved what they had been demanding since the first women’s suffrage convention in Seneca…
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Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Regarding the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019

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June 26, 2019 In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, ADL urged leadership to approve the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019. June 26, 2019 The Honorable Steve Cohen Chairman House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties The Honorable Mike Johnson Ranking Member House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Dear Chairman Cohen and Ranking Member Johnson: On…
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Election Day: Some Decry "Rigging," "Intimidation," and Threaten Violence

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by: Jessica Reaves November 08, 2016 It’s Election Day (finally!) and the Anti-Defamation League is monitoring extremist activity online and at the polls. While ADL is non-partisan and does not support or oppose candidates for office, we believe it is important to report on election-related extremist threats, as well as various conspiracy theories and calls to action.  Our Center on Extremism team will be updating this blog throughout the day. Note: Some of the “voter…
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ADL: Supreme Court Ruling Upholding One Person, One Vote Sends Strong Message

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Everyone Must Count New York, NY, April 4, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Evenwel v. Abbott, which held that “a State may draw its legislative districts based on total population.” In so ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the longstanding constitutional principle that one person, one vote means that every constituent counts, and rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments that only registered or…
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50 Years Later: Remembering Selma

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From Bloody Sunday to the Voting Rights Act: How One Day Changed the Course of Civil Rights History March 7, 1965 — a day that would become known as Bloody Sunday — forever changed the course of American history. That day the nation’s attention turned to Selma, Alabama, where state troopers and a sheriff’s posse brutally attacked 575 demonstrators attempting to march peacefully to Montgomery.  The marchers had gathered for two purposes: to advocate for voting…
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