22 Alabama schools on SPLC’s list of U.S. schools honoring Confederate leaders
The civil rights organization renewed its call for schools to rename after the fourth anniversary of Charlottesville.
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SPLC: Millions still have their mail-in ballots, should return them in person
Nearly 100 million Americans have already voted by mail or by early in-person voting. There were 138 million total votes cast in the 2016 election.
Voters in line can’t be turned away when polls close, SPLC advises
“It is imperative for voters to remember that if they are in line before voting closes, they have the right to remain in line and cast their ballots,” said Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the SPLC.
Secretary of state: Court precedent should be followed for absentee votes
If the ruling tossing out the witness requirement is later overturned by a higher court after they already sent in their ballot, the reader asked, would their ballot still be counted?
SPLC awards more than $500,000 to Alabama voter outreach groups
The six Alabama groups will receive a total of $505,000.
Judge orders Alabama to change voter requirements over COVID-19 concerns
In his 197-page ruling, the judge wrote that “the plaintiffs have proved that their fears are justified.”
Attorneys ask court to intervene over numerous Alabama inmate suicides
Charles Braggs died by suicide in an Alabama prison after being kept in solitary confinement for more than two years. His suicide and a rash of others in Alabama prisons prompted attorneys for the plaintiffs in a case against the Alabama Department of Corrections to ask the court Wednesday to intervene. Braggs, 28, died at … Continued
Alabama voter outreach project receives SPLC grant money
The grants are part of a $30-million voter mobilization initiative called Vote Your Voice that seeks to aid Black- and brown-led outreach efforts in communities of color in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Federal judge waives some Alabama voting requirements amid pandemic
A federal judge on Monday lifted a statewide ban on curbside voting and waived certain absentee ballot requirements for voters in at least Jefferson, Mobile, and Lee Counties. U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon, in his opinion Monday, approved, in part, a preliminary injunction filed by the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the … Continued
Legal response filed in Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Parker’s case
Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A legal response has been filed for Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Parker in his ethics case. The Liberty Counsel, a conservative non-profit advocacy group, filed the legal response on Friday March 11, in Parker’s case. The case was started when the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an ethics … Continued