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ADVANCEMENT PROJECT & NAACP FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE TO HOST SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE DAY OF ACTION IN FL
Wednesday, January 18, 2012Alert
Join Advancement Project in Tampa, FL on Saturday, January 28, for a Day of Action. Register to attend here.
Read moreFLORIDA ACTION: Tell Legislators You Want more Common Sense in School Discipline
Wednesday, January 18, 2012Alert
We must stop spending taxpayer dollars on arresting students and put common sense into school discipline. Click the images below to view larger, printable postcards or send a note to your legislators now asking them to support SB1886/HS 1445.
Read moreAdvancement Project Releases Civil Rights Restoration Guide for Virginia
Monday, December 5, 2011Alert
We are pleased to announce the release of our updated “Virginia Civil Rights Restoration Guide.” The most current guide follows a version released in 2008 designed to help people convicted of felonies restore their civil rights. Virginia is one of only four states in the country whose laws forever strip individuals’ civil rights upon a felony conviction, including their right to vote, unless individually restored by the Governor.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups, Labor Petition Demands DOJ Block Discriminatory Voting Laws
Monday, November 7, 2011Press Release
ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, VOTO LATINO, AFL-CIO, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS LAUNCH PETITION TO DEPT OF JUSTICE DEMANDING OPPOSITION TO VOTER DISENFRACHISMENT LAWS The civil rights organization Advancement Project, in partnership with a group of civil rights, labor and other civic organizations, is launching a petition to the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Nov. 8th when millions will go to the polls to vote in state and local elections. It also marks one year until the entire nation will vote in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Read moreTEXAS, NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHARGE TEXAS WITH DISCRIMINATORY INTENT OVER STRINGENT PHOTO VOTER ID LAW
Wednesday, September 14, 2011Press Release
Washington, DC – National and local civil rights groups will release a letter today to the Department of Justice charging that an unnecessary, unfair and restrictive photo voter ID law intentionally discriminates against African American and Latino voters.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups Sue Missouri Officials Over “Deceptive and Misleading” Voter ID Ballot Initiative
Thursday, July 7, 2011Press Release
ST. LOUIS, MO -- Advancement Project, the Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN), the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today announced a legal challenge to a ballot proposal to amend the state constitution’s voting requirements, saying that the ballot language misleads voters and if passed will restrict the voting rights of Missourians, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and students, among others.
Read moreConcerned Citizens Work Together to Create Alternative Redistricting Plan
Wednesday, June 22, 2011Press Release
NEW ORLEANS - Community leaders from throughout Orleans Parish came together to develop a community plan that reflects the changing demographics in the city and the shift in population. We believe that New Orleans Parish City Council Districts would provide greater opportunities for voters to elect candidates of choice if the districts are seven single-member districts, with no at-large districts, rather than the current five single-member and two at-large districts.
Read moreFlorida Elections Overhaul May Violate Voting Rights Act
Tuesday, May 3, 2011Press Release
(May 3, 2011) – As the Florida Senate prepares to approve sweeping changes to the state’s election code this week, Advancement Project, a leading voter protection organization, said the legislation may violate the Voting Rights Act and urged legislators to take steps to rewrite this ill-conceived legislation.
Read moreAdvancement Project Releases Redistricting Nutshells for Louisiana and Texas
Monday, April 18, 2011Alert
We are pleased to announce the release of “Louisiana Redistricting: Rules of Engagement in a Nutshell” and “Texas Redistricting: Rules of Engagement in a Nutshell.” The Texas version is also being released in Spa
Read moreADVANCEMENT PROJECT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PERILS OF PHOTO ID PROPOSALS
Thursday, April 7, 2011Press Release
(WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 7, 2011) – In a report released today, Advancement Project, a next-generation civil rights organization that works to eliminate barriers to voting, is sounding the alarm on photo ID proposals pending in states across the nation that could disenfranchise millions of voters in the 2012 elections.
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