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5.1.2013 Coalition Of Civil Rights Organizations Says Florida Elections Bill Will Not Fix Voting Problems

4.29.2013 Advancement Project Supports Students, Faith Leaders In Civil Disobedience In North Carolina

4.29.2013 People Ranging from 76 to 18 yrs Old Will Be Jailed Today to Protect Voting Rights in North Carolina

4.15.2013 Senator Latvala’s Elections Bill Amendment Would Create Barriers for Voters

4.5.2013 National Ad Launches Right To Vote Campaign Featuring 102-Year-Old Voter

4.2.2013 NRA School Safety Proposal Advances a Pro-Gun Agenda

3.29.2013 Press call: Florida youth launch campaign against school gun proposals by state legislators

3.28.2013 Broad-based coalition launch campaign to oppose deployment of armed guards in schools

3.20.2013 Thomas Perez is a Standout Labor Secretary Nominee, Will Be a Champion For Working People

3.18.2013 Case Before Supreme Court Reveals Growing Trend Of Restrictive Voting Practices That Target Latinos

2.27.2013 Supreme Court Must Uphold the Voting Rights Act

2.25.2013 Desiline’s Free & Fair Democracy Act Will Bring Election Reform, Making Voting Easier for Floridians

2.19.2013 Padres Jovenes Unidos, Denver Public Schools And Denver Police Department Reach School Safety Deal

2.14.2013 Voting Rights Advocates Decry Photo ID Bills in Missouri

2.14.2013 VA Photo ID Bill Waste of Lawmaker’s Time and Taxpayer’s Money; No Evidence of Voter Fraud

2.12.2013 Determined Florida Voter, Age 102, Among First Lady’s Guests At State Of The Union Address

2.12.2013 “SAVE” System Inaccurate and Wrongly Targets Naturalized Citizens to be Purged from Voter Rolls

2.4.2013 Civil and Human Rights Groups File Supreme Court Brief in Defense of the Voting Rights Act

1.31.2013 Stories Of Serious Election Day Problems Experienced By Pennsylvania Voters Highlight Hearing

1.31.2013 TRAVESTY: 7-year old boy arrested, handcuffed to a pipe and interrogated for 10 hours after being falsely accused of stealing $5

1.17.2013 FL Governor’s Support of Early Voting is the First of Many Steps Required to Truly Restore Democracy

1.16.2013 Reaction to President Obama’s Proposals On Reducing Gun Violence

1.15.2013 In Rejecting Rights Restoration Proposals, Virginia House Members Keeps Citizens From Voting

1.11.2013 Press Release: Coalition Says Armed Police in Schools Wrong Answer For Stopping Gun Violence

1.10.2013 Virginia Governor’s Endorsement Of Rights Restoration Earns Praise From Civil Rights Group

12.21.2012 More Guns, More Police: Not the Answer to Stopping Gun Violence Civil Rights Group Says

11.14.2012 Federal Court Slams Ohio SOS for Flouting the Law

11.01.2012 Advising Ohio Voters to Check Registration Status Before Heading to the Polls

10.25.2012 St. Louis Attorney Takes On Pundit Over Anti-Democratic Voter Intimidation

9.26.2012 Secretary of Commonwealth Updates Ongoing Efforts To Restore Voting Rights of More Virginia Citizens

9.24.2012 Advancement Project Latino Vote Report: Voter Suppression Laws Could Disenfranchise 10 Million Latinos In 2012 Elections

9.18.2012 Latino Voter Disenfranchisement Revealed for the First Time in Advancement Project Report

9.18.2012 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Lower Court to Review Effects of Voter ID Law

9.05.2012 People with Felony Convictions Call on Governor McDonnell to Keep Promise to Restore Voting Rights

8.30.2012 Victory  in Texas Voter ID Case

8.28.2012 Victory For Voting Rights In Ohio

8.18.2012 Youth Leaders Score Victory For Common Sense Discipline In Philadelphia

8.15.2012 Pennsylvania Voter ID Ruling Leaves Voters Without A Voice At The Polls

8.08.2012 The Voice Of A Generation Deserve to Be Heard

7.24.2012 It's Time To Stop Inaccurate & Discriminatory Alleged Noncitizen Voter Purges

7.18.2012 PA Passes Photo ID Law That Advancement Project And Others Challenge In Court

6.26.2012 Anti-Bullying Groups Call On Policy Makers To End Overly Harsh Punishment Of Bullies

7.12.2012 Photo ID And Puerto Rican Voting Rights In Pennsylvania

5.24.2012 Florida Purging Of Alleged Noncitizens Violates National Voting Rights Act;Hispanics disproportional

5.17.2012 Florida is flouting federal law and disenfranchising Latino voters civil rights group charges

5.1.2012 Advancement Project & Partners File Lawsuit in PA to Overturn PA’s Unconstitutional Voter ID law

3.29.2012 Missouri Court Strikes Down Voter ID Constitutional Amendment Proposal

3.21.2012 Obama Administration Housing Policy May Harm Low-Income Residents’ Health

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Erika Maye, Communications Specialist:

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Cynthia Gordy, Senior Communications Associate:

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Rich Robinson, Communications Manager, Voter Protection:

RRobinson@advancementproject.org

Jennifer Farmer, Deputy Communications Director:

JFarmer@advancementproject.org

Leila McDowell, Managing Communications Director:

LMcDowell@advancementproject.org