WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA)...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – The Placentia City Council on Tuesday approved a map that redraws the City Council voting districts as part of a settlement with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund). The new map ends...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO – A three-judge federal court today approved a new redistricting map that remedies the racial gerrymandering violation affirmed last June by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Texas redistricting case. The court’s action,...
Read MoreBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama. The suit seeks to require the...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO – The Texas Secretary of State will reform the way it identifies voters for investigation of U.S. citizenship and withdraw the election advisory sent to all counties earlier this year, according to a settlement...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF sent a letter to New Haven Unified School District (NHUSD) officials today warning that the district’s at-large system of electing board members violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA). In...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF sent a letter to Adelanto school officials Wednesday, warning that the district’s at-large system of electing Board of Trustees members violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA)....
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF sent a letter to Union City officials today warning that the city’s at-large system of electing the city council and mayor violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA). In the letter, sent...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former mayor of Poway that sought to overturn the city’s district based election system and challenged the constitutionality of the California Voting...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – A federal court today formally restrained 13 counties named in MALDEF’s lawsuit from removing individuals from voter rolls. The court also ordered the Texas Secretary of State to similarly advise...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – In response to MALDEF’s motion for a temporary restraining order, a federal court on Monday restrained 10 counties in Texas from carrying out voter purges. “Voter intimidation and voter purge can cause...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today, a federal judge dismissed the California Attorney General from a lawsuit that sought to overturn the City of Poway’s election system and challenged the constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – A group of naturalized citizens and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State for conspiring with Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to violate their...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in response to today’s federal court ruling vacating the Trump...
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – A federal court today rejected the Trump Administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by civil rights organizations that challenges the addition of a citizenship question to Census 2020 on the...
Read MoreMontgomery, AL – Latino voters and a grassroots organization will be allowed to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama that seeks to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count of...
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