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Trial began today in Harris v. DeSoto County in federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi, where Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is challenging a racially discriminatory electoral map in DeSoto County.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has launched a groundbreaking, six-figure get-out-the-vote (GOTV) ad campaign. This first-of-its-kind effort will be broadcast across major television networks including MSNBC and CNN, as well as on digital and streaming platforms.

A six-week trial challenging regressive voting rights provisions in Texas’ Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1) concluded with closing arguments today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The lawsuit asserts S.B. 1 violates the First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by targeting and making more difficult the methods and means of voting used by voters of color. Plaintiffs also argue the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act by imposing voting barriers that discriminate against voters with disabilities and deny people with disabilities full and equal opportunities to participate in the state's voting programs.