LOS ANGELES, CA – 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, CA – 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 counties....
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, CA – 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...
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, CA – 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...
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...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – The U.S. Supreme Court in June held that the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redraw of House District 90 was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. House District 90 was challenged by MALDEF (Mexican American...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – The U.S. Supreme Court in June held that the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redraw of House District 90 was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. House District 90 was challenged by MALDEF (Mexican American...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Native American groups have joined a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Latino and Asian American plaintiffs alleging that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was motivated by...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Abbott v. Perez to Nina Perales, vice president of litigation at MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – MALDEF filed a lawsuit against the City of Placentia today for breaching a 2016 settlement agreement to secure Latino voting rights as required by the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – A federal appeals court panel ruled today that civil rights advocates can intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the City of Poway’s election system and challenges the constitutionality of the...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – The City of Placentia, California is failing to comply with an agreement to draw a new council district map that ensures Latinos’ voting rights and risks legal action for breaching the settlement if it...
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