Philadelphia Takes Steps to Comply with Language Access Provision of the Voting Rights Act
Contact: Christiaan Perez, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
Contact: Christiaan Perez, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
Letter: New York needs a census plan — ASAP was originally published in Times Union here.
Invest in census outreach for the sake of all kindergarteners was originally published in The Hill. You can read the op-ed here.
CONTACT: Christiaan Perez, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
Orlando, FL – This weekend, Governor DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 7066 which was passed by the Florida Legislature to override the will of the people and impose a fines and fees requirement to block people from having their right to vote restored. Below is a statement by Esperanza Segarra, Senior Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27th, 2019
CONTACT: Christiaan Perez, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
CONTACT: Christiaan Perez, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
CONTACT: Christiaan Perez, cperez@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581
Don't add Census citizenship question. It would damage all our daily lives for decades - originally published in USA Today, link here.
The Census affects jobs, traffic and class size as well as federal spending and political representation. Don't mess it up with bad information.
Tallahassee, FL – Today, Judge Mark Walker, the Chief U.S. District Judge in Northern Florida, issued a court order granting a preliminary injunction requiring Florida’s Secretary of State and the Supervisors of Elections of 32 Florida counties to take further steps to comply with section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. The order requires the Secretary of State to ensure that those 32 counties provide official ballots in both Spanish and English, Spanish language election assistance, and Spanish translations of other voting materials for elections beginning with the 2020 presidential primary election.
On behalf of LatinoJustice PRLDEF I thank Representative Fudge and the members of the Subcommittee on Elections for inviting me to testify on the important subject of voting rights in the State of Florida. While it is safe to say that full compliance with voter protections in any State, including Florida, is always a timely and critical endeavor, this topic, and indeed this hearing, is coming at an opportune time for democracy in this State.