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Georgia Primary Underscores Urgent Need to Address Systemic Racism in American Voting

When Georgia voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in the state’s primary election on Tuesday, June 9, many Black voters encountered hurdles that highlight the systemic racism impacting America’s voting system.

The state of Georgia, citing the pandemic, decided to close 80 polling places in the metro Atlanta area – which is home to the state’s largest Black communities – in the leadup to the June 2020 primary.

These closures only exacerbated the racially disproportionate impact of actions Georgia had already taken in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to gut key protections of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.

Read more about Georgia’s primary debacle and solutions for future elections.

Black Voters Continue to Face Voter Suppression 155 Years After Juneteenth

As the country celebrates Juneteenth, Congress and state governments alike cannot assure Black people that their voices are being heard without ensuring that Black people’s votes count. Black lives will not matter in this country until Black votes also matter.

Free Speech for Whom? And by Whom?

Senator Mitch McConnell and his allies passionately defend the “political speech” of wealthy and primarily white political donors. But they are silent when it comes to state suppression of Black Lives Matter advocates who are actually speaking.

VIDEO - Voting in Tennessee During COVID-19: A Conversation with Charlane Oliver of The Equity Alliance

CLC talked with Charlane Oliver of The Equity Alliance, a Nashville-based nonprofit and CLC client, about why it is important that all Tennessee voters, including Black voters, can vote absentee this year without barriers.

CLC Achieves Historic Victory for Disenfranchised Voters in Florida

A federal court blocked a Florida law that would have denied hundreds of thousands of voters the ability to participate in the 2020 election, striking it down as unconstitutional.

CLC Calls for Urgent Investigation of DOJ Politicization

In recent months, Attorney General William Barr has continued to make decisions that imperil the impartiality of the Department of Justice.

Private Prison Contractor Continues to Illegally Spend Millions in Elections: CLC Appeals Decision

Private prison contractor GEO Group continues to spend millions on elections, illegally. Meanwhile, the company has reaped enormous political and financial benefits from the administration it helped to elect.

Voting is Essential: People Must Be Able to Safely Exercise Their Rights During Emergencies

CLC sent a letter to Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser explaining that imposing a curfew during voting hours would set a terrible precedent for the remainder of the primary season and the November general election.

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