An update on our work protecting voting rights and fair, diverse
democracy.
Dear friend,
Did you see our last email sharing the SPLC's 2023 Action Plan
memo at SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang's request?
Our supporters deserve details about the important progress you make
possible. Below is an update on our work protecting voting rights and
fair, diverse democracy. Please review the memo and consider making a
special gift to advance our 2023 Action Plan.
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Safeguarding the Voice of the People
Throughout the remainder of 2023, we're advancing our current
docket of voting rights cases and investigating local redistricting
plans that adversely affect the fair representation of Black voters
and other voters of color. Some of our existing lawsuits challenge
anti-voter laws passed by state legislatures immediately after the
2020 election, including rules that reduce access to drop boxes and
early voting and impose restrictions on absentee or mail-in voting.
Building an inclusive, multiracial democracy also means increasing
voter turnout. To that end, through our Vote Your Voice initiative, we
are partnering with dozens of organizations to help sustain their
crucial work during and between major election cycles and support
their long-term strategic planning for years to come. We will not
allow our country to retreat from its ideals or reverse the progress
we've made through so much sacrifice. Please make a special gift
today to protect the sacred right to vote and defend our hard-won
civil rights.
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Dismantling Exploitative Government Practices
Communities of color cannot build generational wealth when
governmental entities and predatory businesses enact policies and
practices that systematically disadvantage Black, Brown and Indigenous
families. We are fighting coercive court debt in Alabama and the
Carolinas, challenging court fees and fines in Louisiana and Alabama,
suing to stop for-profit private probation in Alabama, reforming bail
systems in Tennessee and Alabama, stopping policing for profit in
Mississippi and Alabama and more.
Please continue to urge your civic leaders to reject the bigotry and
inequality that are upending our democracy and, if you are able, I
hope you will consider making a special contribution to help support
this work in the months ahead.
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Sincerely,
Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center
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